Can you dance on the ceiling?
That’s my recurring dream…
I’m leaping out of my seat in a massive sports arena, as the final whistle blows.
The delirious crowd leaps to their feet.
The Vancouver Canucks have just won The Stanley Cup.
As the players take turns parading Hockey’s “Holy Grail” around the rink,
The suddenly awestruck fans fall silent.
Four oddly familiar. yet strangely different, figures have suddenly appeared at centre ice.
Now though, I can see who they are. They are far older than I remember them; well, two of them are anyway.
Music echoes, from the rafters and wraps me in it’s comforting cocoon.
I blink and now find myself upside down, taking in the scene from high above the stage.
A bevy of sequinned dancers gyrate to the heady beat and, caught up in the moment, I join in.
Paul and Ringo look much the same as they do currently.
John is wearing his familiar, spherical lenses. His hair though, is now very long and silvery. Rock’s answer to Gandalf or perhaps Dumbledore. Equally as magical at any rate.
George is practically bald, with just a fine scraping of grey stubble at his temples and peppering his chin.
These are not the young lads of the sixties, but they’re every bit as lively. Grinning joyfully and playing their instruments with gleeful panache. Looking closer I’m, suddenly aware that Ringo’s snare drum is The Stanley Cup and he’s striking it with a pair of hockey Sticks. George’s guitar is aglow pulsating with alternating red, blue and green hues, his haunting riffs so mesmerizing.
John and Paul are doing their finest, “Everly Brothers inspired” harmonies.
The fab four, the glorious, incredible, Beatles are “Rockin’ The Roj” (Rogers Arena)
I don’t ever want to awaken from this amazing dream!
Summer Time
Clear blue skies, tropical, sun-drenched beaches,
the heady scent of surf, sand, sunscreen and youthful exuberance rising out of the social conscience, and accompanied by a timeless, cocktail of Jimmy, Buffet and the Beach |Boys.
We thought it would last forever.
Cliff's Notes 
Written
on November 14, 2022