What we have gained - what have we lost?
This is the success we came for
seen in the clothes we wear
the bags
the shoes
the glasses
the smokes and the hats and hair
But not in the eyes
the heart has cost
What we have gained
what have we lost?
Gornisht helfn
Thanks to The Mag
Recent Reading History
- Solar - Ian McEwen
- New York - The Novel: Edward Rutherfurd
- The God Delusion - Dawkins
6 comments:
That certain amount of loss may have defined success. An appropriately concise verbal snapshot of these two.
Hmm..cynical but true.
The Yiddish phrase at the end (which I had to look up) adds a whole backstory and mind-reeling depth to the deceptively simple lines.
Clever and entertaining response to the prompt...
Oooh...well-written and thought-provoking!
Oh wow very powerful and often true people don't always have the best priorities
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