My wife and I were watching the movie “Jack and Jill” starring Adam Sandler, (who played both rolls) about identical twins, and the conflicts they were faced with and of course, the resolutions. We found the movie to be very funny, although somewhat sophomoric, at times. However, the point of all this is the source of the following poem.. Al Pacino, a great actor, in his own right, has a line in the movie that says something to the effect of… “you’re my angel with a broken wing”… I said to my wife, hand me my notebook, and of course she said… Why? And I said I like that line…An angel with a broken wing, I think I’ll do something with it. And here is what I did..(Just so you know, other than that, it has no personal meaning.) I think you will like it, I do.
Mondays bite. But I have the day off… So today… Not so much,
Jake.
Angel With A Broken Wing
With the sadness
of the songbird
who’s forgotten
how to sing,
or the silence
of the church bell
nevermore
to ring,
and the oak tree
in the backyard
with an old
and empty swing,
it’s goodbye to you
my angel,
the angel
with the broken wing.
***
Mar. 2012
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