Play It Again, Sam

...a nod to Casablanca and love

Play it Again, Sam

 

 

 

You were my first love.

Like the black and white version

of Casablanca,
there was nothing better.

I overlooked your imperfections

of leaving towels  on the bathroom floor

and shaving gel on the pedestal sink

…and the Merlot stain

that discreetly laid beneath

the potted philodendron,
from the night we christened every room

of our brownstone apartment
when you said you had to have me
“right then and there.”

Like the black and white version

of Casablanca,

the fog imminently clears

and my heart instinctively rewinds

to the melodrama of you and me

 

 

 “…play it again, Sam”

Author's Note

I wanted to write something in keeping with the Hollywood classic feel to it. I have another coming after this one, sure to entertain!

Reviews

[Paul McCall]

Very nice piece of writing Kelly, reminding me, how I must have watched Casablanca ten times or more. One of those, forbidden love movies.

[Kelly Scheppers]

It's definitely a black and white classic for me. Thank you so much, Paul!

[Cherrie Palmer]

This is a TCM classic delight, your spin is always a delight to discover.

[Kelly Scheppers]

Thank you, Cherrie. I love watching TCM! It broke my heart when Robert Osborne died, but I really like Ben Mankiewicz. Always have popcorn ready to go!

[Cherrie Palmer]

Yes us too, netgo, discovery, tcm is about all we watch, well and the western channel.
But my love is the classic's.

[Cherrie Palmer]

We watched a special about Robert that was very interesting and how it all came together.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Beautifuly sad in the reflections on a once perfect script as the protagonist recalls the imperfections she tollerated only to loose him in the end. Yet she still replays the old movies in her heart. So nicely written Kelly.

[Kelly Scheppers]

I'm just a sucker for romance...thanks, John!

[Pete]

ahh, Bogie and Bergman - can't get much more classic than that along with the black and white. a different age. both the film and your words are timeless. i can just hear those plane engines. thanks for 'playing it again' for us. awesome write. "Here's looking at you Kid" ... :)

[Kelly Scheppers]

I've got my potato chip in mouth as I speak! ; ) ...thanks, Pete!

[Beccy]

Looking back to the way it was, rather than looking forward to the unknown, might, some would argue, be a protest against progress. Not so, say I; we all need a little sweet nostalgia in our life do we not.

Lovely sense and feel to this; third verse in particular is quite striking, could be taken straight from a film noir script.

Beccy.

[Kelly Scheppers]

I love the film noir of classic movies! Read my poem before this one...I have another waiting in the wings. Got the popcorn ready! ...thanks, Beccy!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

"Go ahead and play it Sam, if she can take it, so can i"
this has that feel to it...
and yet the reckless abandon of a pure physical burst of passion as well.
almost as if that isn't quite enough...two people, lovers, who just burn out emotionally...even if the stains are still there.
love this write, Kelly...
you have such a distinctive voice.
j.

[Kelly Scheppers]

...thanks, Jacob. I think I would have fit into that era quite well with the men in their fedora hats and overcoats. Maybe we do live other lives!

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i am looking forward to the sequel you have coming...

[Kelly Scheppers]

It's on another TCM classic...; )

[jacob erin-cilberto]

I am licking my reading chops.

[Ted Kniffen]

Yes, Kelly, definitely a film noir feel to it. The old black and whites had a certain feel to them that was at once immediate and yet unlike our lives of colour. Fedoras and overcoats and fog and Nazis...does it get any better...well, maybe christening every room would do it...ah, the good old days. ;>{}

A good write, Kelly.

[Kelly Scheppers]

I love that fashion on men, of fedoras and long overcoats. Thanks so much, Ted!