She Fades Away

A gorgeous song with lines such as—she’s like a frostfern in my hand—“She Fades Away” figured strongly in some angelic performance art I had the pleasure of enjoying. Ariana was the frostfern that Pete could not write back to probably because it is tough to think of the right words to say to a love goddess that has shown up in the company of a rather beastly bodyguard. Ariana showed up then left. She came back and left again, doing this numerous times. Pete, being marvelously poetic, has some lyrically dancing lines in this song. After many years, she never did return. I doubt he forgot her though … In one particularly memorable rendition of this song, it was preceded by a PeeWee doll saying “Made ya look” and you know how tough it is to predict what line a talking doll will deliver when its string is pulled … Cosmic humor can be absolutely delicious.

Anne Sexton She is all there She was melted, carefully down for you She has always been there, my darling She is, in fact, exquisite fireworks in the middle of February And as real as a cast iron pot