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The City and Gaity
1.
Your gaity
is not
private. It
belongs to
everybody else,
because everybody
else has
given it
to you
in the
first place.
2.
The more
you look
at the
city, the
more you
love it,
and the
more love
you take
from it,
the more
you give
back to
it, and,
if you
want to,
you become
utterly part
of it,
3.
of its
whole interpenetration
of joys
and happiness:
and this,
after all,
is almost
a symbol
metaphor of
life after death.
Your gaity
is not
private. It
belongs to
everybody else,
because everybody
else has
given it
to you
in the
first place.
2.
The more
you look
at the
city, the
more you
love it,
and the
more love
you take
from it,
the more
you give
back to
it, and,
if you
want to,
you become
utterly part
of it,
3.
of its
whole interpenetration
of joys
and happiness:
and this,
after all,
is almost
a symbol
metaphor of
life after death.
Published 13th Aug 2012
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The author encourages honest critique.
13th Aug 2012 7:24pm
14th Aug 2012 2:31am
16th Aug 2012 9:22am
The irony of the title which follows up until the first stanza is just stunning. Behind all its quirkiness, the capitalistic ideals seem to be in question especially in the last stanza. I love the philosophical outlook of this poem and how it keeps you both entertained and thoughtful at the same time.
23rd Aug 2012 4:44pm
Thanks for the encouraging comments. Perhaps some of the ideas, style, etc. are due to teaching Philosophy. I wonder?
