PLOWING THROUGH MY SCRIBBLINGS …
by Judy Kay-Wolff on
May 20th, 2012
Jody’s kind remark about Aileen Osofsky’s tribute inspired me to go through sixty years of original babblings penned when the mood or desire moved me. I was twice blessed with two great human beings as husbands — as well-as-top-of-the line players. I wrote the meter below to Norman about forty-some years ago and plagiarized Rudyard Kipling, calling it “If.” My children were two and three and he thought my place was home with them (not the Nationals). I begged to differ as there were such things as capable nannies.
| IF you were just a “rank and file” |
| Whose play was mediocre |
| Who did not know the difference |
| Between canasta and stud poker |
| IF you were just another guy |
| With ordinary skill |
| And not one – whose great brilliance |
| Offered such a thrill |
| IF you were just a ‘player’ |
| Who – with luck – might guess a “queen” |
| Or one whom – with great efforts |
| Could count up to – thirteen .. |
| IF you were like the others |
| There’d be no tale to tell |
| There’d be no one to kibitz |
| There’d be no one to “kvell” |
| But blessed you were – with greatness |
| None can dispute my claim |
| The Master of the Pasteboards |
| A credit to the game |
| So do not think me selfish |
| Cause I always want to go |
| But I seek no greater pleasure |
| Than to watch your One-Man-Show |
(P.S. I won the battle and enjoyed about 145 NABCS over the course of time).
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