Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Sometimes it Helps to be Late.
The advantage of not driving,
Of sitting on trains and platforms
Doing nothing for hours are thus:
Saint-like patience can be instilled,
Along with the benefit of thinking for hours
On many subjects,
Which you probably wouldn’t get the chance to if you drove.
People move
From car to house, to work, from hall to living room,
To TV, music, radio, girlfriends, boyfriends.
No time for private thoughts. ¶ 11:02 pm
Of sitting on trains and platforms
Doing nothing for hours are thus:
Saint-like patience can be instilled,
Along with the benefit of thinking for hours
On many subjects,
Which you probably wouldn’t get the chance to if you drove.
People move
From car to house, to work, from hall to living room,
To TV, music, radio, girlfriends, boyfriends.
No time for private thoughts. ¶ 11:02 pm
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I think this is really good, the language gives a sense of space to think, and the calm that this would (hopefully) result in, the constant sense of movement echos the idea of being on a journey anyway. (should I be cheesy and point out the obvious similarity of this journey of the mind and the body?)
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