Monday, April 27, 2015

#117

http://www.eliteskills.com/analysis_poetry/Dream_Song_117_Disturbed_when_Henrys_love_returned_with_a_hubby_by_John_Berryman_analysis.php

Oh well, my first response to this is to roll my eyes and say, so what? Get over it. But, no, people have these desires for each other, don’t they? I know that, and old flames don’t die out just because we or he or she move on, and remember, the poet is giving immortal form and substance to those instants of emotion that normally flash like dragonflies through our pathetic heated hearts despite whatever taboo or convention they transgress. So, okay. I guess.

Of course, this kind of thing looms more devastating once you’ve declared yourself a schmuck. But it’s all artifice, isn’t it? But if you live the artifice, it’s not artificial any longer. Have at it.

She was ever so close to his pain once, they were delicately in passionate love, oh my God, she’s strong and beautiful and so tragically married, he loves her still, hey, there’s a squirrel out on the lawn!

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