#57
"Serving Delusions"This poem connects with Rita Coolidge and Kris Kristoffersen’s guest appearance on The Muppet Show. It is the first time that a couple shows face. There was the ensemble of Mummenschanz and there have been guest stars to guest stars before, but here in the third season, we have two stars for the price of one. Reason being, the two of them are concert consorts. Or rather, they were an item. This is quite funny, or sad, or ironic, because the third season of The Muppet Show also features another couple later on in the season, Dale Evans & Roy Rogers, who are older than Rita & Kris. Dale & Roy staid together til death did them part, but Rita & Kris divorced. I suppose that sounds like Dale & Roy are superior to Rita & Kris, but Roy was Dale’s fourth husband, and Dale was Roy’s third wife. Though, they were married for 51 years, and Rita & Kris were only married for seven years. I wonder how time is coordinates with meaning.…
