Musings of An Old Man

by Brian K. Moore

Anniversary 42

I BOUGHT A CARD FOR YOU TODAY BUT THERE’S NO WAY A CARD CAN SAY THE LOVE MY HEART HOLDS FOR YOU ON THIS ANNIVERSARY FORTY TWO IT CAN’T DESCRIBE THE JOY IN LIFE I’VE HAD BECAUSE YOU ARE MY WIFE NOR CAN IT...

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I LOOKED AROUND TO FIND A CARD ALL FULL OF MUSH AND GOO. FOR I WAS TRYING VERY HARD TO SHOW MY SENTIMENT FOR YOU. THERE WAS NO CARD THAT I COULD FIND THAT REALLY DID EXPRESS THE THOUGHTS THAT I HAD IN MY...

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Anniversary 49

49 YEARS! WE’VE BEEN MARRIED FORTY NINE AND IT’S FINE WE COULD SAY THAT IT’S A SIGN THAT WE ALIGN SUN WILL SHINE TOE THE LINE AIN’T IT FINE? WE’VE BEEN MARRIED ALL THESE YEARS AND IT APPEARS TO OUR PEERS THAT...

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Anniversary 50

Date: 50 Years Plus 4 Days WHILE THOUGHTS OF THE PAST AND OUR MEMORIES FILL US I LOOK AT MY WIFE AND I CALL OUT “HEY PILLUS” FOR THAT’S WHAT SHE’S CALLED THOUGH NOT REALLY HER NAME SHE IS, I MUST SAY AN...

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Anniversary 52

OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT I EVER DID DO, THE VERY BEST WAS MARRYING YOU, AND: OF ALL THE GOOD THINGS THAT I’VE EVER DONE, MARRYING YOU WAS THE VERY BEST ONE, AND: THOUGH NOW OUR MARRIAGE IS AGE 52, IT STILL...

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Photocopy from Anniversary Poems Notebook

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Photocopy of My Card for Phyllis

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Anniversary 61

MY LOVE FOR YOU WAS MEANT TO BE, FOR ALL OF TIME – ETERNITY. I’VE LOVED YOU AS YOUNG LOVERS MUST, WITH FORCE OF PASSION – NEED – AND LUST. I’VE LOVED YOU AS MY LOYAL WIFE, THE PURPOSE – MAINSTAY – OF MY...

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Anniversary 62... Whoops!

ONE YEAR AGO I WROTE A POEM, FOR ANNIVERSARY 63, IT WAS A REAL NICE POEM, AS NICE AS IT COULD BE, BUT WHEN I OFFERED IT TO YOU, I FOUND TO MY DISMAY, WE’D JUST BEEN MARRIED 62. WHAT WAS THERE I COULD SAY? I...

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Anniversary 63

TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE ON OUR 63RD WEDDING ANNIVERSARY MY LOVING WIFE AS YOU CAN SEE, YOU’VE SHARED MY LIFE FOR 63. ALL THIS TIME WE’VE JUST BEEN “WE”, SINCE YOU WERE YOU AND I WAS ME. FOR 63 YEARS YOU’VE BEEN...

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Anniversary 64

TO MY PILLUS FOR SIXTY FOUR WONDERFUL YEARS OF MARRIAGE AT OUR ANNIVERSARY 64, IT’S STILL MY PILLUS I ADORE. HOW BLESSED AM I TO SPEND MY LIFE, HAVING PILLUS FOR A WIFE. AND THOUGH WE HAVE OUR UPS AND DOWNS, ...

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Anniversary 65

TO MY PHYLLIS: FOR 65 YEARS OF HAPPINESS WE KNEW THE THRILL OF LOVE’S BEGINNING WE PLAYED A GAME WE BOTH WERE WINNING THE GAME THAT WE PLAYED. WENT THIS WAY AND I’LL EXPLAIN IT IF I MAY IF I PERSISTED, AS...

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Anniversary 66!

TO PHYLLIS, MY LOVE FOR OUR ANNIVERSARY 66 PHYLLIS, MY LOVE, DO YOU KNOW THAT IT’S TRUE SEVENTY FOUR, PERCENT OF MY LIFE, I,VE BEEN MARRIED TO YOU? THOUGH THAT’S QUITE A LOT, I CAN READILY SEE SEVENTY...

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Anniversary 67

Anniversary 67, I face it alone For the love of my life forever is gone My life now is full of sadness and grief But the wonderful memories, do bring some relief For as I look back when I’m feeling so sad ...

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