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My Two Pocket Girl

After that dance at Copacabana
I begged her to give me two napkins
to write her phone number down twice
and slide one in each pocket for safe keeping.

My mother used to say how her dad, after losing his keys
or some important piece of paper, would always say:
I didn’t have this problem when I only had one pair of pants.
Then she would tell the story

of when he was lucky enough
during the Great Depression
to work at the train station
and how his boss had asked him

to walk an expensive pedigreed dog
that was being shipped across country.
It was the prized pet of some rich, and I am sure, very important woman.
The dog got loose and ran away. My grandfather feared he’d be fired.

Then he caught a stray,
put it back in the crate labeled only “dog”
and put the crate back on the train.
I know the story was told for other reasons,

but sometimes I think about that stray.
Am I not like that dog?
Interrupted from life,
on a long ride to disappoint

some unknown, angry woman
further down the line.
This is the way it always happens.
I would not have this problem

if I only had one pair of pants.
Back to the girl at the dance, even with a napkin
in each pocket, I would still have lost her number
had she given it to me.

I go back to that same club
night after night after night
looking for that one dance, that one girl,
that one moment in her arms when I was more.

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from Into Light: The Poems of M. D. Friedman, released January 1, 2024

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Mad Dog Friedman | Mad Dog Blues | Peddlers of Joy Lafayette, Colorado

Mad Dog writes from the moment and sings from his heart. His influences include sources as divergent as William Butler Yeats & the delta blues. His songwriting is sincere, simple & often humorous. He has recorded many solo & collaborative projects featuring his spontaneous compositions on harmonica, Native American flute & Theremin. He is also the founder of Mad Dog Blues & The Astral Project. ... more

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