Fantasy

Don Grose
Is it me or has the temperature fallen five fated,
failing degrees ?
The dampness seeps into every pore - a deathly chill
takes over....darkness...silence...nothing...it
wants to hurt but simply can't...the toothless bite
of night...an empty, discarded bag, fastfood
wrappers, swirl in the intensifying wind - and then
it too is gone...they too fade into blackness...
The thirst is gone...the lustre clouded...the edge
is dulled and spine gone limp...pageless books of
poetry, voiceless choirs, colorless canvas...
Can you tell I'm on a diet ?
Now that's therapy !
Have to share this...and yes this falls under the
heading of advertising...most commercials I see on
TV leave me somewhat unfullfilled - to put it mildly.
But I have seen two that deserve to be acknowledged.
One is for Lexus...it may be the best car commercial
I've ever seen...If you've seen it you'll know what
I'm talking about..I won't do it the disservice of
trying to describe it...but watch for a Lexus
commercial that comes at you from a very different
angle.
The other makes me smile just to think about it.
It's for Deliccio Pizza...middle aged pizza delivery
fellow is greeted at the door by the sexily clad
middle aged female who invites him in..he complains
he's not supposed to and then follows her in...the
next shot they are sitting together at the table and
she purrs erotically something to the effect of
"Now this is pizza.." At which point the bright
overhead light comes on, a teenaged boy is standing
in the doorway and says, " You're not a pizza guy,
Dad, and it's not delivery..it's Delissio" He turns
and storms off muttering, " No wonder I don't have
any friends!" What a great commercial !!!
For the record - I hate frozen pizza but if I were
going to buy one it would be Delissio just
because of the commercial.
Boy I hate the NBA's Slam Dunk contest - ban it !
Good for Rory Sabbatini coming back from the
brink of letting it all slip away to win this
past week's PGA Tour Stop...Fred - you were soooooo
close...what a shame.
I came, I saw, I forget....
Happy Trials...thanks for dropping by.
Don