Thursday, March 18, 2010

That Empty Space


THAT EMPTY SPACE

This is supposed to be funny, and I think I can raise a smile,
But it touches on a fact I find so grim.
The child, the man, the empty space, the sameness of it all
Except that it no longer features him.
How dare the world keep spinning, how dare the stars still shine
When he's not in the future's here-and-now!
How can Halley's Comet pay a visit yet again,
When he's not there to turn to it and bow?
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Unimaginable, the fact
That we do a disappearing act!
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13 comments:

  1. Margaret Gosden March 18, 2010 at 7:00 AM

    Is that a Gorey drawing, I wonder?

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  2. Nanc TwopMarch 18, 2010 at 7:01 AM

    Nice.

    Reminds me of Mark Twain when he said that he had come in with Halley's Comet (born 1835) and would leave with it. (~1910)

    Now there's that empty space where he would have stood.

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  3. MichaelMarch 18, 2010 at 4:31 PM

    I actually find this cartoon so very funny. I can;t stop chuckling a wee bit. LOL. How very true. Sobering, really.

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  4. Unseen India ToursMarch 18, 2010 at 4:55 PM

    Nice painting !!Unseen Rajasthan

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  5. Nalini HebbarMarch 18, 2010 at 5:18 PM

    Sad...the only thing I am really really going to miss when I die is NATURE.

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  6. InayMarch 18, 2010 at 11:16 PM

    yup....
    people die and the halley will always be there...

    i just hope it will not the end of the world.....

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  7. Harshad MehtaAugust 29, 2010 at 6:38 PM

    Sketches made me pause for a moment & reflect.

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  8. Ramesh SoodAugust 29, 2010 at 11:02 PM

    I enjoyed the write.. lovely sketches and the thoughts..

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  9. Vinay Leo R.August 30, 2010 at 12:45 AM

    ah.. a thoughtful poem.. see the comet as a star from the sky instead?

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  10. Tumblewords:August 31, 2010 at 9:22 AM

    Provocative. Nicely done!

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  11. ms pieSeptember 1, 2010 at 3:21 AM

    subtle tone of reality..... we are born to die...

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  12. Geraldine September 2, 2010 at 6:08 AM

    What an interesting interpretation of the prompt.


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  13. PattiSeptember 4, 2010 at 10:46 PM

    Wow- that was good- and you are right- it IS sad, but we can't stop it, can we?

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