Poem about middle-class 'normal' people and their fancies: Suburbs
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2015 7:57 am
Most inspirational things remind us of what we want to become. This is inspirational because it reminds us what we/I don't want to become like.
From "Suburbs", by Pablo Neruda translated from Spanish by William O' Daly:
"I celebrate the virtues and vices
of suburban middle-class people
who overwhelm the refrigerator
and position colorful umbrellas
near the garden that longs for a pool:
for my middle-class brother
the principle of supreme luxury:
what are you and what am I, and we go on deciding
the real truth in this world."
From "Suburbs", by Pablo Neruda translated from Spanish by William O' Daly:
"I celebrate the virtues and vices
of suburban middle-class people
who overwhelm the refrigerator
and position colorful umbrellas
near the garden that longs for a pool:
for my middle-class brother
the principle of supreme luxury:
what are you and what am I, and we go on deciding
the real truth in this world."