Such a Touching Quote...

"I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul."

Pablo Neruda, 100 Love Sonnets

Interesting Find

Journal of Poetry Therapy
(June 2012), Vol. 25, No. 2, pg. 123- 124

Poetry 

Family Journal

The old folks were in polyester
flowered shirts and saggy pants
pretending to be ordinary people

pretending to know us 
when God knows who 
they thought we were

the servers, the chefs, the caterers
they ate with gusto the chicken,
the bright peas, the lemon meringue pie

they wanted iced tea with no ice
so they got their money's worth
not knowing the price of the meal

we answered their questions
their over- and- over questions 
each of us in turn

giving different answers
to the same questions
we made up answers

we made up stories 
we showed photos of grandchildren
they pretended to remember

fathers and brothers and dogs
still alive for those who had outlived them 
who counted the cost of ice

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I shared this poem and some people had perceptions of it saying how people are disconnected and how we fake to impress others. I thought these were interesting ways of understanding this poem.

What do you think?

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