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From: will.dockery@gmail.com (W.Dockery)
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Subject: Re: Japonica Julie (1983) / Will Dockery
Date: Fri, 30 May 2025 21:46:34 +0000
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General-Zod 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.
>
> From the Parnello's Pizza days....!

Around that time, yes