THE NIGHT OF THE SMILES
Twas cold as night that warm summer day,
So we decided to go skiing in the bay.
Was on this strange day of May,
One was heard to say.
Whats that on the horizon,
Coming from the land of Bisyon?
We melted with fear,
And froze with fright.
For there it was coming,
A big hairy light.
And as it came closer we rested our case.
For it was a portion of a face.
Though it a little resembled a pouched,
It smiled and we could see it was a mouth.
But we didn't noticed in the heat,
It had six hundred purplish teeth.
Now this was rather strange,
So we thought as we sat on the drain.
But we didn't fear it,
That overgrown lip.
So we got out of the wall the surf boards,
Of the big brawny lords.
And send it right out,
With two tons of lought.
As we watched it exploded,
Covering the shore with molden.
We thought we were done,
And shouted we've won.
But we turned to our right,
And shook with the fright.
For on the left wall.
Was a mean looking eyeball.
Dear Friends & Family-
Melody has been one of my best friends for a little over 22 years. When I met her, I was turning sixteen and she was thirty-two. To have friends with such an age difference may seem unusual, but Melody’s spirit was forever young.
Melody has been my friend through relationship ups and downs, was present at my wedding celebration, my baby shower and was the first to visit me in the hospital after my son was born in 1991.
For many years she was my "Friday Night Date" where we would rent horror movies from the video store and cringe at the more gory parts. Many times she would fall asleep, leaving me to fend for myself, or she would announce during the closing credits that she just now remembered she had already seen the movie. Of course if I left it up to her, we would have ended up renting the same movies over and over again.
Many weekends Melody and I would go shopping together at the local thrift stores and flea markets then out to lunch. We would take each other out to dinner on our birthdays. She would make jokes about my age; I’ve been "In my 30’s" since age twenty-one. For the last five or so years, I’ve gone to her place for Christmas morning wake and bake.
This is what I have so far, more to come..........
Melody and I were friends for over 40 years. I met her in elementary school when I was 10. We were friends thru junior high and high school. I spent many nights sleeping over at her house or she at mine. There are a lot of things I can say about Melody. She loved the Rolling Stones, Star Trek, Star Wars and horror movies. I sat thru I don’t know how many horror movies with her that I hated. As adults we went to rock concerts, comedy clubs, out dancing, Giants games, or just hung out. I’ll never forget going to see the Rolling Stones with her in 1981 at Candlestick Park. We got together the night before and stayed up late listening to Stones music to get ready for the concert. And we arrived at the Candlestick parking lot at 5:30 a.m. It was awesome, her dream come true. She was always a lot of fun. She also never minded telling you her opinion on something. And she didn’t care if you didn’t agree with her! Melody didn’t have an easy life, but she always worked hard. When my Mom moved back to this area over 4 years ago, Melody agreed to work for her cleaning her apartment. And she did a lot of extra things for my Mom, including home baked goodies at Christmas time, dropping off things at Salvation Army for her and offering to take her shopping when I was out of town. She went above and beyond what she had to do and what she was getting paid for. I know Melody is at peace and is no longer suffering. One thing she said to me after she got sick was, “can you believe I got to quit working before you did?” That made us both laugh. I hope when I am facing death, that I face it with the calm and dignity that Melody did. Not afraid of death and thinking of others. God Bless You Melody – I will always remember you, and all the fun we had. Marsha
