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I know I'm bad at keeping in touch

but this one hits home so much

Found out today an old friend

has been dead a few years and

I just found out today

Wow is all I can say

I am still in shock

Mari, you rock

Once upon a time, we did a crazy thing

Six of us did a day trip thing

So wild takes much imagining

We all worked in theater and went out to drink

You know how crazy that makes you think

I had just returned from L.A.

but Mari had to say

What is the most tacky thing we could do

voted hollywood stars homes tour to do

kinda funny cuz was just out there with a friend

I refused to do it to such an end

but Mari talked us into going that night

met at the airport,caught a red-eye flight

none of us had money but two had credit cards

so we said let's put it on charge

we came up with the money when the bill was due

but it was still a wild and crazy thing to do

remember leaving my mom a note

gone to L.A. be back in a day is all I wrote

I stuffed an apple and orange in my army jacket pocket

then took off like a rocket

to catch our flight

that same night

left with the clothes on my back

no luggage to speak of I kept track

don't think I could do justice to the exhilaration

of that awesome experience

spur of the moment crazy trip

spontaneous memories hold a grip

on my heart and soul

we were on a roll

saw sunrise on Mullholland Drive

made us feel so alive

did Mann's Chinese

found it with ease

booked hollywood tour somewhere around there

went to Farmers Market, Melrose Place, Forest Lawn

visited hollywood hero graves then on

to Griffith Observatory

where my energy went crazy

cuz of Rebel Without a Cause....James Dean

he connected us somehow...know what I mean