[lit-ideas] Re: The Other Side Of Hopkins
- From: David Ritchie <ritchierd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2009 19:05:22 -0800
On Nov 30, 2009, at 10:07 AM, Mike Geary wrote:
DR:
"Vote a god for Geary, do."
This is the God I hope you vote me. I don't know her name. I saw
her only once, It was about 30 years ago on a wonderful autumn
afternoon. I was working on an outside walk-in cooler in Overton
Square. Two women came out of Friday's, they were laughing in buzz-
delight as they walked to their car in the parking lot. I was
standing on top of the walk-in watching them. When the one I want
to win opened the car door, she threw her arms out to embrace the
world and let loose the loveliest sound I've ever heard. Her voice
was as powerful as Callas's, it filled the city, filled the whole
afternoon: "Give me the beat, boys, and free my soul, I want to get
lost in your rock and roll and drift away." Now, Dobie Gray's
version is good, don't get me wrong, but it can't compare to the
intensity and urgency and ache in that woman's supremely sonorous
voice.
Yes, I said, I do believe. Yes.
I popped down to the polling center just now to see how it's
tracking. Though we're early yet, there are some quite promising
figures--and voices--coming out.
Good luck,
David Ritchie,
Commissioner of Oaths and Swearing
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