One More Tribute to Elvis!

                         

                             

        Kissing Kismet!

      

           Elvis was my first big crush 
           every cent I could get went

           to buy his LPs and 
           to go to his movies

           My two favorites were
          “G.I Blues” and  “Blue Hawaii”

       
          When he came to Seattle to
          make “It Happened at the World’s Fair”

          I clamored to be one of  
          his screaming fans, but 
          we were farm folk,                                   

          there were chores to be done                                  

            
          Sometimes dreams come true 
          when least expected-that’s what
          happened to me
         the night he walked across the 
         floor-a dead ringer for Elvis Presley!
                                  

         It was at the Evergreen Ballroom just
         outside of Lacey, Washington                           

         My best friend Suzie was with me,                 

         we were seventeen and to this day

         she cannot remember a thing

         
         As EP walked toward me

          I thought, It’s not him, this

          Guy is only 5’ 10”

         Clearly the magazines had

         reported him at 6 feet tall

         He smiled that southern smile

         smooth and crooked, asking softly

        “Miss, would you like to dance with me?”

                                               

          It’s somewhat of a blur after

          all these years, but I remember

          him coming to the house a few times,
          taking me into Olympia, and
          tooling around, stopping for
          burgers & cokes at a drive-in,
          but,  never leaving the car…
          and lots of romantic kissing

                                               

             

          Then the call, I’ve been ordered to report

           for duty, probably you won’t see me again,

           keep smiling; you’re a beautiful lady…

          
          You see, it was 1967 and Vietnam was on

           and I never did see him again

           Fort Lewis was in our back yard and
           Edward Parker had mentioned that
           he worked in Army Intelligence

                    

           Over the years, I read all the biographies on
           Elvis and  realized that he was out and about
           among the citizenry during that time,
           right before he married Priscilla 
           and he really was 5 ft.10                                         
           I believe to this day, Elvis kissed me
           over and over again!

                                      

           From: Love Roulette poetry collection
                      published 2011 by Rainy Knight