The Argyle Sweater by Scott Hilburn for February 19, 2011
February 18, 2011
February 20, 2011
Transcript:
Poetry Book: I'm sorry, sweetie, I didn't hear. Could yous ay it again, but speak more clearly? History Book: For cryin' out loud, Elizabeth - why do I always have to repeat myself?
My love, I always read her like a book
Though I am fiction and she’s poetry
I read her poems but she would never look
at my stories based in history
When dating got to be too tiresome
I told her that I thought I’d like a change.
She threw to me a literary crumb
by reading songs like “Home Home on the Range.”
The music never worked to soothe my heart
I told Miss Poetry that I was done
She laughed and said “Don’t be a silly f-art.
For History can never stand alone
Dry facts are dead unless they’re joined to art.”
Thus I’m doomed to repeating myself
But at least my love is not stuck on the shelf.
leakysqueaky712 over 13 years ago
Ah, thats where that originated.
And is she poetry in motion??
margueritem over 13 years ago
That’s a good guess, Leaky.
cdward over 13 years ago
My love, I always read her like a book Though I am fiction and she’s poetry I read her poems but she would never look at my stories based in history When dating got to be too tiresome I told her that I thought I’d like a change. She threw to me a literary crumb by reading songs like “Home Home on the Range.” The music never worked to soothe my heart I told Miss Poetry that I was done She laughed and said “Don’t be a silly f-art. For History can never stand alone Dry facts are dead unless they’re joined to art.” Thus I’m doomed to repeating myself But at least my love is not stuck on the shelf.
cdward over 13 years ago
^Not great, but I didn’t have a lot of time.
odeliasimone over 13 years ago
Because I always have the vacuum cleaner running.
hopeandjoy2 over 13 years ago
Very clever….and now we know the rest of the story.
cedes29 over 13 years ago
is that picture on the wall suppose to be their child
jerrythemacguy over 13 years ago
And Poetry answered History, “Oh, for no rhyme or reason.”
Digital Frog over 13 years ago
cedes29 - That can’t be a picture of their kid - he had himself edited back in the ’80s.