Health & Fitness
The Legend of the Purple Haired Girl and the Man in the Motorized Chair
This poem was inspired by a friend of mine in SC. A mixture of fact and fiction
He saw her at the grocery store
A day before Halloween
Streaks of Purple through her hair
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A sight he’d never seen
He was a man from the 60’s in a motorized Wheel chair
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Who was an alcoholic without a dream or prayer
He found his way back home
from railroad tracks and 90Proof
and dark years all alone
She was a girl from the 80’s
In a crystal chandeleire
Flying high and living low
Without a dime to share
She looked away and laughed
At the man she didn’t know
Who drove that chair around the store
Never slow
They never really talked
They were not in the same league
And yet when he told his tales
You could tell he was intrigued
And she talked repeatedly
Of an old man in a motor chair
Running down the customers
And staring at her hair
They both left this world
to another far away
But every Halloween they’re
In the candy aisle
Wheel chair and purple hair
A peace sign and a smile
