oh thanks for inviting me
though our time was as short
as our friends
when did we grow so tall?
how've we not managed to fall?
alterior motive kept high
hidden by a cool confidence
I made that up
hidden by blind obviousness
when did we get so big?
why do i feel so small?
i saw Her in passing
She squealed and was laughing
you later snapped me
in a picture and it hovered on your wall
you captured me
but not my soul
we know we're great friends
but yours put my mind to the wall
good visit, overall
but why do we seem so big?
and why do i feel so small?
Monday
"purity"
We slid together frozen in air
Two hands on two backs
content not a care
We slide together suspended on air
a head on a chest
a cute little stare
myopic in love
as myopic in life
sifted through sand
detected a knife
It slides down suspended within flesh
for all the joy, it brang
double in death
Two hands on two backs
content not a care
We slide together suspended on air
a head on a chest
a cute little stare
myopic in love
as myopic in life
sifted through sand
detected a knife
It slides down suspended within flesh
for all the joy, it brang
double in death
Wednesday
Soldier's Home by Ernest Hemingway
An important dichotomy in "Soldier's Home" is between the reality of war and of true existence compared to the supernal haven that those who haven't experienced it exist in. When Harold Krebs arrived in his hometown after his tour, "Krebs found that to be listened to he had to lie." When he lied, he betrayed the reality that he couldn't ignore. Later, Krebs stares at the hardening bacon fat on his plate when his mother asks him to pray. He believes that praying would be a lie to himself and his beliefs and focuses on something real and solid.
His mother also calls him “Harold” while the narrator refers to him as Krebs. The war took away the individuality granted by the name “Harold”, and her calling him this is also a form of a lie. All that comforts Krebs is reading about the battles in which he fought. In this, he accepts death and affirms reality. This shows the dichotomy between the "realities" the post-war community wants to impose on him and the reality of the world he understands from war.
When he consents to get a job, though, he ultimately elects to embrace a lie.
An important dichotomy in "Soldier's Home" is between the reality of war and of true existence compared to the supernal haven that those who haven't experienced it exist in. When Harold Krebs arrived in his hometown after his tour, "Krebs found that to be listened to he had to lie." When he lied, he betrayed the reality that he couldn't ignore. Later, Krebs stares at the hardening bacon fat on his plate when his mother asks him to pray. He believes that praying would be a lie to himself and his beliefs and focuses on something real and solid.
His mother also calls him “Harold” while the narrator refers to him as Krebs. The war took away the individuality granted by the name “Harold”, and her calling him this is also a form of a lie. All that comforts Krebs is reading about the battles in which he fought. In this, he accepts death and affirms reality. This shows the dichotomy between the "realities" the post-war community wants to impose on him and the reality of the world he understands from war.
When he consents to get a job, though, he ultimately elects to embrace a lie.
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