MY NAME IS HAMBURGER JACQUELINE JULES KARBEN PUBLISHING
In loving memory of my father Otto
1 Rainy Afternoon March 1962 The best place to spend a rainy afternoon is Lila's basement in the house beside mine swaying on her checkerboard floor singing along with Brenda Lee Lila likes the fast songs I like the slow ones to feel the shiver of each note floating from the record player Lila's wearing a blue collared dress with short puffy sleeves Her ponytail tied up in a matching bow She says next time I shouldn't come still dressed for school in a brown sweater and plaid skirt I should wear something nice for pretending we're on TV We both dream of singing on Ed Sullivan's Sunday night show of being Brenda Lee
