Blue Vase, by Paul Cézanne
Sometimes a man rises from the supper table
and goes outside. And he keeps going
because somewhere to the east there's a church.
His children bless his name as if he were dead.
Another man stays at home until he dies,
stays with plates and glasses.
So then it is his children who go out
into the world, seeking the church that he forgot.
The Book of Hours II, 19
whoa!
ReplyDeletewhoa. what else do you say, other than yes, and why?
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erin
and,
ReplyDeletemy parents set the table:)
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erin
Or, sometimes a man rises from the supper table and goes to the church, always to the church, and his children want to learn how to bless his name.
ReplyDeleteWhy do we always want what is other than our experience? Is dissatisfaction built into our being? Longing for what we don't know, didn't receive?
Others more charitable than I at today's words..
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Sometimes a man rises from the supper table
and goes outside. And he keeps going
because somewhere to the east there's a church.
His children bless his name as if he were dead.
Another man stays at home until he dies,
stays with plates and glasses.
So then it is his children who go out
into the world, seeking the church that he forgot.
...
From one green hilltop in the vallies of time
Someone opines that a man’s position
Is untenable
Damned if you do damned if you don’t.
What about the wife of the man.
What about the man’s lover
Who makes his life at home bearable.
Who provides the honey for the family
Who washes the linens
Who makes the love
In her humid nest
Welcoming the man there
At all hours.
O Rilke. Sit with me.
Think, sit like Rodin’s Thinker.
Ponder your words
So antithetical to perspective
Such anathema to me.
Jen "Could Not Resist" Andrews ....
jen
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erin