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I got a negative impression of Jamaica during a summer of '72 visit, but met and had a crush on a Canadian woman named Margg, who was there with her American draft-dodging husband.

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"Jamaica is a sunny place, at least if you look up
but don't look at your breakfast bill, until you've had a cup.
They hustle you outside the walls of paradise estates
and Marggy was the one I loved, inside the palace gates.
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I wasn't with her all that much, only about a week
but something in my rib cage clicked, around where my heart beats.
I can't remember if she wore an actual ring or not
but superficial metal doesn't make a wedding knot.
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I wonder if I've changed since, it's been so many years
I still have fond memories engrained between my ears.
If Margg and I met on the street, how would we react?
In fantasy we'd hug and kiss, but fantasies aren't fact.

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from Fruitcakes and Instrumentals, released June 8, 2020

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Steve Dirkx Dallas, Texas

Bassist for The Telefones and Whiteman. Guitarist songwriter for Loop 12 and Bobby Soxx and the Teenage Queers. Also known in some circles as Pinky Benson. Likes photography / video / dogs.

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