For me and many of my friends, Mayberry lives on, an indelible impression within our hearts and minds. So deep is that imprint, that we can sit back in the quiet of an evening on our "Mayberry front porch", relax, "What's your hurry", close our eyes, and go back to that quaint N.C. town we so much admired and the people we loved. Last night I dreamed I went to Mayberry, and you know who greeted me on the sidewalk, none other than Choir Director John Masters, himself. He said, "Welcome to mayberry Vic. Are you ready for the tour ?" I nervously nodded. John motioned for me to follow.. As we walked along Main Street the sweet aroma of Witch hazel wafted along a gentle breeze from Floyd's Barber shop..The door was open so we stepped inside. It was eerily quiet. There was the barber chair, a cloean white barber's apron, folded neatly, lay over the back of the chair. The small table next to the window held the checker board, all it's pieces in place. Near the back of the room I saw a coat rack. Floyd's white jacket hung limp from a hook. the end of a comb was visible in the breast pocket. I walked over to it and gently touched a sleeve. For a second I wanted to take it off the hook and put it on, but somehow I suddenly I felt myself looking upon it as though it were the Holy Shroud. I couldn't do it. After all Floyd hung it there and I'm sure that's where he expected to find it when he returned. I brushed back a tear, hoping John hadn't seen. It was hard for me to accept the fact, that not only had we lost our beloved Floyd, but for all intense and purpose the barber shop was gone too. We stepped out the door to the sidewalk to resume our journey. NEXT : Pheobe's Beauty Parlor, ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/ _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
