Shampoo Jingles and Old Country Songs (Poem)

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Weeding roses, mind in deep neutral, Luster Creme Shampoo floated by. More than the name, the whole jingle, Dream Girl, Dream Girl, Beautiful Luster Creme Girl, I sang it softly, wondering where that came from, dug some chickweed out, then from a west Texas juke box came Hank Snow, I Don't Hurt Anymore. No use to deny, I wanted to cry, the day you said we were through, pretty much the whole verse. I jabbed at the dirt, reached for a dandelion behind the rose bush. Caught a thorn in my arm, no more songs, no more jingles, a little blood, some soft cursing, Miller Time.