All schools should be brick
buildings with marble stairs. They
last forever; look good; their function
immediately understood.
All good husbands
carry their wives' purchases;
their babies diaper bags;
phones, receivers;
items necessary for comfort and joy.
They look their part;
their function immediately understood.
All old people should be interviewed:
what mistakes you wish you hadn't made;
how did you select your mate;
did you get all you hoped in your life;
what would you do differently?
buildings with marble stairs. They
last forever; look good; their function
immediately understood.
All good husbands
carry their wives' purchases;
their babies diaper bags;
phones, receivers;
items necessary for comfort and joy.
They look their part;
their function immediately understood.
All old people should be interviewed:
what mistakes you wish you hadn't made;
how did you select your mate;
did you get all you hoped in your life;
what would you do differently?
It's hard to think about doing anything differently, because there's no way to know how that change would impact everything. Like--even though my first marriage ended in divorce after 12 years, I wouldn't have wanted to skip it, because I have two wonderful sons from that marriage. They might have been totally different people with a different father!
ReplyDeleteThe old people interview suggestion should be mandated ... might save a few younger generation folks a little heartache? If only they would listen. Hope your Thanksgiving was a good one, Rosaria.
ReplyDeleteIt was a great Thanksgiving!
DeleteI don't think we live with recipes. We just stumble into things and then draw our conclusions after the fact. After you live in your first house, and hate a particular element, you become wiser only about that element.
What stands out -- :"how did you select your mate" -- I didn't. Just happened, when I was way too young to know what I was doing. As an interviewee, though, I'd talk myself in a circle and come to the conclusion that life couldn't have existed any other way. I doubt that we have as much control as we think we have.
ReplyDeleteI like your poem, the comparisons.
I wanted someone with smarts and who was generous. Those qualities were etched in my brain. The rest, not at all. I agree, we move through life without a plan.
DeleteLove it!!!
ReplyDeleteSo delightful, Rosaria!
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