Thursday, February 18, 2010

"Voices of Friends Vanished and Gone"*

Plugging in the earbuds on my mile walk home along the streets of San Francisco, shuffle mode. The Boss breaks into "The Streets of Philadelphia"...

Flashback 1980... telling Dad I'm moving across the country to California. "San Francisco? Isn't that where all the gays are?" A remark reflective of emerging focus on a mysterious new disease appearing on that scene.

Never could bring myself to see the movie but for 3-1/2 minutes on the streets of San Francisco, the haunting tune transported me through three decades of my own image reel, seemingly sourced in a single ironic prophecy.

*Bruce Springsteen

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

hey there stranger!! just teasing!
what are you doing in San Francisco!! Having fun I hope!!
Love ya!!
Lori

Tracy Daugherty said...

you should tease! Then you should disown me but since you haven't done that yet in 45yrs, I'm guessing you're stuck with me.
PLEASE call me. I'm stuck w/out your phone# again. AAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Anonymous said...

Like I would disown you!! you are silly! I will give you a call this weekend.
Luv ya!
Dunc