Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for February 03, 2014
January 31, 2014
February 07, 2014
Transcript:
Around the corner....I have a friend... in this great city that has no end. Yet the days go by and weeks rush on and before I know it...a year is gone. And I never see my old friend's face...for life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well. As in the days when I rang his bell and he rang mine but we were younger then. And now we are busy, tired men, tired of playing a foolish game. Tired of trying to make a name. Tomorrow I will call on Jim. Just to show that I'm thinking of him. But tomorrow comes and goes and distance between us grows and grows. Around the corner... yet miles away. Here's a telegram sir. Jim died today. And that's what we get... and deserve in the end. Around the corner... a vanished friend. -Charles Hanson Towne
Lyons Group, Inc. almost 11 years ago
As my grandmother often told me, “no matter if you’re young or old, when the good lord says it’s time to go, it’s time go.”
PaBlum Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Where do you get all these wonderful poems?
Here’s a text version on it:http://allpoetry.com/poem/8564393-Around-The-Corner-by-Charles-Hanson-Towne
j2p2 almost 11 years ago
My goodness, that makes me uncomfortable. The problem with being my age is that you have lots of folks that you wish you’d kept in touch with…
oldwolf1951 almost 11 years ago
So much easier to find those friends and keep in touch on Facebook and other social networks these days. But still so sad and I know the feeling to lose those old friends who died when you were not looking.
jay_dallas almost 11 years ago
I bet this resonates with a lot of us today
CeeY almost 11 years ago
Thank you for the wake up call Gavin. I will call my friend today.
Chrystos B Minot Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Beautiful, sad, timely, poignant. Reminds me of the song “The Cat’s in the Cradle” which is about fathers and sons. Bravo, and thanks for the wake up call …. (Isn’t it odd that sometimes the deepest friendships get the least attention?)
716PMedGuy almost 11 years ago
a sad story that truly hits home
Vet Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Life happens……lost too many friends to remember them all.But in the end…..together will be all.Just not yet.
jack fairbanks almost 11 years ago
Vaya con Dios, Seymour… Didn’t realize you were a fan of the vitamin H diet~Perchance to dream…
BarryRoger Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Great strip! Enjoy all of the Zen Pencils. they make you think.
craigwestlake almost 11 years ago
This one hurt. I had a best friend, one so close I called him brother. Alzheimers took him away; it took his memories. It would have been kinder if it had taken his life…
Troy almost 11 years ago
Hmmm….it is sad how this happens. This could be me.
Richard V Anderson almost 11 years ago
I REALLY wasn’t ready for this.
Lyons Group, Inc. almost 11 years ago
You have your preferences, I have mine. That’s how I was raised. As for you, I don’t who (or what) raised you.
j2p2 almost 11 years ago
That’s the irony, isn’t it?
LittleCatFeet almost 11 years ago
Ouch.
LittleCatFeet almost 11 years ago
@Josh Lyons: I, uh…don’t suppose so….That was my “extremely original” way of expressing how the strip made me feel. Thank you?