Shepherd
11-26-2006, 07:08 AM
So you want to understand men. The following poem that arrived today in Garrison Keillor's Writers Almanac was helpful. I especially like the last line in response to the poem's title "Where are Men When they're Not at Home?": "But most are way off somewhere searching for fathers who were never home enough."
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Poem: "Where are Men When they're Not at Home?" by Reid Bush, from What You Know. © Larkspur Press. Reprinted with permission.. © George Braziller. Reprinted with permission.
Where are Men
When they're Not at Home?
Different places.
Some are out at the barn checking on the mare that's about to foal.
I know, not many now.
A few.
Some are running down to the corner store to pick up something they forgot.
Be right back.
Some are in offices practicing pitches. Spiels.
Some are phoning from offices—saying they'll be late.
Of course, many are dead.
You suddenly think about them because you're back where you haven't been
in 20 years
and go to look them up.
But they're not there.
Just some widows.
But most are way off somewhere searching for fathers who were never home enough.
The Writer's Almanac is produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by American Public Media.
https://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,112q,dv,2qfu,93r,682r,9ynr
Shepherd
To view a web version of this message, click here
https://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,112q,dv,ikwa,czgd,682r,9ynr
Poem: "Where are Men When they're Not at Home?" by Reid Bush, from What You Know. © Larkspur Press. Reprinted with permission.. © George Braziller. Reprinted with permission.
Where are Men
When they're Not at Home?
Different places.
Some are out at the barn checking on the mare that's about to foal.
I know, not many now.
A few.
Some are running down to the corner store to pick up something they forgot.
Be right back.
Some are in offices practicing pitches. Spiels.
Some are phoning from offices—saying they'll be late.
Of course, many are dead.
You suddenly think about them because you're back where you haven't been
in 20 years
and go to look them up.
But they're not there.
Just some widows.
But most are way off somewhere searching for fathers who were never home enough.
The Writer's Almanac is produced by Prairie Home Productions and presented by American Public Media.
https://www.elabs7.com/c.html?rtr=on&s=fj6,112q,dv,2qfu,93r,682r,9ynr