Monday, June 1, 2015

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Today is the one year anniversary of the passing of a beautiful and talented actress I loved watching on TV as a child.  I wrote this a year ago when I heard the news. 

Alice doesn't live here anymore;
When I heard the news, I stumbled to the door.
If you aren't my age, you may not understand;
The memories I have of her feisty upper-hand.
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She may have been a maid but she was royalty to me;
She made the Brady Bunch one of my favorite memories.
Ann B. Davis, rest in peace, dear one;
Enjoy the streets of Heaven...I know you're having fun.

You were more than Alice, I know you had other parts;
But my childhood was spent watching you from afar.
Hearing about your accident shook me to the core;
I know you're up above...Alice doesn't live here anymore!