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MIRROR TALKING

Volume 1

Poetry by Uncle John

In a series of four emails, Bill Murray himself tells this story.
Uncle John´s edited version is here with his poetic comments
to Bill as he shares each part of his story.
"Hey John, thanks for Emailing."
This is an innovative creative interactive writing experiment.

Mirror Talking

The Growl From The Great Beyond

Story by Bill Murray

Poetry by Uncle John

Bill Murray:

"Have you ever looked in the mirror & NOT seen yourself?

Woke up earlier slept well then sat quietly

did some stretching, used the rumble roller and thought,

"OK another great day to scrub my teeth." And, hello!

Right in the mirror not the face I know so well, but a mutt.

I really don't care that he's not a pedigree, but...he is a dog.

What did the man say, a dog has taken my place, my face place.

This dog right here."

Mirror talking why the scowl

Waiting for you to howl

With help from friends for sure

Hope you find what you’re looking for

"Just walk a mile in my paws.

There's a dog in my mirror!

A real dog where my face should be and always has been.

Weird thing, he looks kind of familiar, which is no comfort at all."

It´s like Groundhog Day only with a dog

You´ll find your way with no heartache

Dogs are super instinctive like the hog

Remember the darkness always yields to the daybreak

"The darkest hour is just before the dawn.

I remember my neighbor, Dr. Gerry, a veterinarian,

Totally qualified to respond to any canine emergency.

Dr. Gerry, wearing a ´Don't Lick Me I'm Allergic´ button

Pinned to his scrubs, hands me a business card."

Your neighbor is legendary

What you need is a new way to see

Something more than veterinary

“Whatever I am” the mirror speaks to me

"Platinum Pet Premonitions. A pet psychic.

$99.99 seems reasonable for my desperate situation.

I pull up to the house & she's already waiting,

which scares me because I didn't call ahead.

She immediately asks “Is your dog living or dead?"

I answer with every dog´s name & fifty-five minutes later

she informs me that it´s $99.99 per minute.

What would you have said??"

Caution

No judgment here

She sees into the darkness

But sheds no light on your problem

The mirror speaks Caution

"So I turn to family, brother Brian arrives.

With him as my mirror, he looks back at me

& sees what was missing.

What I had been missing and couldn't see.

who had one blue eye one Yes, as a little kid, we had a dog named Peppy, a Border Collie,

brown eye and loved to chase cars.

Peppy was certainly peppy. She had a lot of energy!

She could play all day, with all nine of us &

still have time to work her herding skills on Fords and Chevys.

Peppy was gone. Now Brian tells me Peppy ended up happy

on a friend of my dad‘s farm somewhere in Wisconsin.

We were told she ran away or had to be put down, or something.

Whatever story was told is long-lost to memory.

They could have told us the truth.

I never got to say goodbye to Peppy. Until today.

It was Peppy I was seeing in the mirror.

After all these years, she came back to say goodbye to me...

and to let me say goodbye to her.

Maybe she liked me the best of all the kids.

We should never be horrified by what we see in the mirror.

Maybe never wish to be content what we see in the mirror"

Family comes through

What you are missing

Is what you can´t see

Searching for the source

Listen for the sound

One of your friends & fan Bill follow

The growl from the great beyond

Bill Murray´s movies include

Lost In Translation, Groundhog Day,

Ghostbusters, Quick Change, What About Bob? Moonrise Kingdom,

The Jungle Book, The Grand Budapest Hotel, The Royal Tenenbaums,

St. Vincent, Stripes, Broken Flowers...

Bill Murray & Uncle John

MIRROR TALKING

Volume 1

Poetry by Uncle John

The Growl From The Great Beyond

Magical Days

Poetry In Motion

The Harmony

Watching The Big Sky

When It Rains Fish

When I Think About You

The Buzz & The Butterfly

All You Need Is Love

Jakob Dylan & Uncle John

Watching The Big Sky

Destiny`s stars shine

Three cups of love sing loud
Roots hearts and wings
Shuffle under the clouds

Gabriel` the angel
Come see us awake
With Cupid`s bow & arrow
Selfie taking shape

Michael step down
From the stairway to the sky
To show us the truth in mirrors
A purpose to seek what hides

Looking in the mirror
Love to hear you talk
Echoing Good Morning
Express the way you walk

Watching the big sky
For a small sign
Real and not by design
Mirror talking with an eye
Like a paradigm