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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: Japonica Julie (1983) / Will Dockery
Date: Wed, 28 May 2025 19:49:44 +0000
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General-Zod wrote:

> Will Dockery wrote:
>> Victor H. wrote:
>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>
>>>> madeforzyngagames@yahoo.com wrote:
>>
>>>>> Will Dockery wrote:
>>>>>> "General Zod"  wrote in message
>>>>>> news:36ce9aa8-8dd7-4eda-af79-73bf07ea3344@googlegroups.com...
>>>>>> > Will Dockery wrote:
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > > Japonica Julie (1983)
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > Through the winding
>>>>>> > > mists of Edgewood,
>>>>>> > > stand on the backporch
>>>>>> > > smoking.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > Near the sand on the hill,
>>>>>> > > hearing the music float up.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > Wiggle flex
>>>>>> > > round the corner in 1983,
>>>>>> > > when she loved me.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > Warble snobble in 1983,
>>>>>> > > when she loved me.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > China Girl don't seem to
>>>>>> > > use much English,
>>>>>> > > gets enough
>>>>>> > > to leave me a pot of tea.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > We hit the pothole
>>>>>> > > on Primrose
>>>>>> > > that landed us here
>>>>>> > > more or less.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > Mulberry pie and ice cream in 1983,
>>>>>> > > when she loved me.
>>>>>> > > Japonica Julie in 1983,
>>>>>> > > when she loved me.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > I knew it was late,
>>>>>> > > when she stumbled.
>>>>>> > > Overcast in the fog,
>>>>>> > > ...fumbled.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > She was looking at me
>>>>>> > > by the old oak,
>>>>>> > > that can't be,
>>>>>> > > she knows as well as me.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > Left on Avalon Road
>>>>>> > > past Mazzio's Pizzeria,
>>>>>> > > to the park-side
>>>>>> > > of Alta Vista.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > By the dunes,
>>>>>> > > fading dream in 1983,
>>>>>> > > when she loved me.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > Smiling blinky in 1983,
>>>>>> > > when she loved me.
>>>>>> > >
>>>>>> > > -Will Dockery
>>>>>> >
>>>>>> > Julie went away?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Julie got married... it happens.
>>
>>>>> But what about Pasko and the fine folks at Pizza Roma?
>>
>>>> Last I heard, Pasko and family are doing great.
>>
>>>> HTH and HAND.
>>
>>> I like those folks worked well with them during my short time as a pizza
>>> cook....
>>
>>
>> Yes, cool folks.
>
> Indeed

I miss the action at the pizzeria.