Glen Miller and Jimmy Stewart and June Allyson
\nwere all there, among the potted palms, the silent auction
\nthe speeches of water in a village in Nigeria
\nthe jewels and tuxedos and the Bishop and
\na Monsignor sang the blues and we all danced
\nand drank and ate beautifully prepared
\nchicken and stuffed tomatoes and ballasted potatoes
\ndelectably presented on hot china.
\nSomehow, the image of June Allyson
\nadvertising Depends
\nhung over all the grey heads
\njiving and swinging
\nto the hot howling
\nof the trombones.<\/p>\n
The slide show of drilling in the dusty little village
\nand paying the bills and getting water flowing
\nfrom a deep artesian well otherwise inaccessible
\nmade the whole thing inaccessible:
\nmost of us hadn’t a clue
\nwe were there for villagers’ water;
\nsomebody on the phone sold us a ticket.<\/p>\n
Yes, they told us we were wonderful
\nbut it felt like wonder by accident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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