The Red Man rarely makes a mistake, but when he does it’s a Humdinger. I’ve been dealing with a lot of free-floating anxiety recently and thought the problem was that we had no Pope. I worried and worried and worried about losing a Pope so I just KNEW I’d feel better once I identified and verbalized my feelings of Popelessness, but Sisters and Brothers I’m here to tell you I was wrong. Shout it to the rooftops The Red Man was wrong – it wasn’t the Pope after all.
What’s the problem? I can’t sleep. I’ve been waking up during the middle of the night and making the old woman Slow stagger down the hall to let me out for a breath of fresh air. Not just once. At least twice every night. I need fresh air, I tell you. Gotta have it – must have it- will do anything to get it. I’m suffocatin’ in the bed between Slow and Spike. MAKE THEM MOVE.
Paw snaps and twirls – I’ve figured it out. I’m missin’ Pretty. The Red Man hasn’t seen Pretty for two months and that’s TOO LONG. Oh, Pretty, please come to see us on Worsham Street. I am pinin’ for Pretty. I’m goin’ to write a country song for Pretty right this very minute. Let’s see.
I’m feelin’ down and out, I’m feelin’ blue.
I miss my Pretty pets, I really do.
Don’t got no jukebox to play tonight,
Just got the TV shows within plain sight.
Chorus: Pinin’ for Pretty, Lord I’m pinin’ for Pretty.
Where in the world is Pretty tonight?
Pinin’ for Pretty, God knows I’m pinin’ for Pretty.
The Red Man needs Pretty to make things all right.
Oh, well. Hank Williams I’m not, but you get the general idea. Get me outta here Percy – I think I’ll do a little howling at the moon tonight just for fun.
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Sounds like a crisis building into a trauma. Be caregul with these situations…they seem like the kind of stuff that happens to everyone now and then, but are they? I imagined the country song as something for the Pope…don’t they wear red a lot? And, maybe that’s why he’s bailing out…he’s just missing his pretty. Blooms like this don’t last long…get that tune recorded, ASCAP-ed, and get it on the radio before people come to their senses, and this whole Pope thing blows over…this whole Pope thing.
Later…
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Yes, well of course there is the danger of the whole Pope thing blowing over but it will come back with a vengeance when the smoke rises in the Vatican and we will possibly need to write another country song when that happens. Maybe the Philosopher Red will be in a better mood then. Stay cool in Costa Rica.
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Claro que si 🙂
Later…
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Pretty, cheer that Red Man up and pay him a visit!
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Thanks for your support, O Noble Ones! 🙂
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Sheila i just love this song! I wake up also through the night. My doctor said lots of older people wake up quite often but then want to nap more through the day. Is this a good thing??? LOL
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Glad you like the song, terry1954! Hope it cheers you today while you consider a nap which is always a good thing!! 🙂
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I love naps!!!!!
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As we say in the South: Bless your little heart, Red Man. What will it take to get that Pretty woman to Worsham Street and The Red Man so that you can calm those nerves?
P.S.Another thing we say in the South: Maybe a little nip of Bourbon would nip that anxiety. I speak from experience . . . just a little nip!
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Thank you so much, Miss Harper Lee and yes, we do tend to favor a nip of bourbon for nerve relaxation ourselves. Texas tea, we call it. One little nip can’t hurt, thank you very much. 🙂
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I hope that Pretty woman gets to Worsham Street. She’s going to love that song! 😀
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Yes, that Pretty woman has already talked to the old woman Slow about this post – she liked it “pretty” well. 🙂
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Yes I would like to see Pretty too, all us Boring’s miss her. Poor Red.
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Well, thanks very much Church Organist…and I’m sure Pretty would love to see the infamous Boring Brothers when she visits Red!! 🙂
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Soon!
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Getting closer by the minute!
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