May 6th
HELL
‘l’enfer, c’est les autres’
so this should be heaven
right
wrong, Jean Paul Sartre
we miss them like
hell
all those others
we need them
sociologically
philosophically
la vie existentielle
is all very well
when there’s choice
but without it
is boredom
a case of ennui
that can only be cured
by
la belle compagnie
social intercourse
two for tea.
See also poems read out loud at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9uLwxslE_VQ-fu-Dw6gdIA/playlists
Also https://www.amazon.com.au/Day-At-Time-Rhyme/dp/0648083861/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=A+Day+At+A+Time+In+Rhyme+Jane+Clifton&qid=1572053238&sr=8-1
Hey, Jane. Well, you have really outdone yourself on this one. Channeling a little TS Eliot, plus a little smack at Sartre. But I love the way you handled it. Yes, if "hell is other people" then we should be happy because we have to stay away from them. BUT we need other people or else we waste away. Great poem about the duality of life. One of my favorite themes. And keeping it SO contemporary. You have kicked it up a notch, Jane. You are in the zone.