Dancing ‘round the context
is how I navigate the table talk in this Italian convento—
I scoop up all the words I know
and try to assemble them
into the subject of the conversation:
the weather?
last night’s football match?
what the pope said about Ukraine?
the roman traffic?
This jigsaw-puzzle exchange
gives me all the pieces
but not the picture
on the lid of the box.
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sounds frustrating-
a world with elementary
adjectives….
Maybe frustrating and at the same time I love the metaphor the last four lines invoke.
And the puzzle comes together even if it’s different “not the picture
on the lid of the box.”
I like that a lot.
especially love the dancing image, which suggests the effort to communicate is also kind of fun
Great image!
Thanks, all! I want to go back to this one and play with the dancing image a bit more.
Love the image, Greg!
love:
I scoop up all the words I know
and try to assemble them
into the subject of the conversation
and
This jigsaw-puzzle exchange
gives me all the pieces
but not the picture
on the lid of the box.