Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Love at First Sight



It was on the two little seats facing each other
that are always the last ones left on the train.
I was going up to New York
to see my sister and spend the night.

He had on a dress suit
and patent leather shoes,
and I couldn’t keep my eyes off him,
but every time he looked at me
I had to pretend to be looking at
the advertisement over his head.

When we came into the station he was next to me,
and his white shirt-front pressed against my arm,
and so I told him I’d have to call a policeman,
but he knew I lied.

I was so excited that when I got into a taxi with him
I didn’t hardly know I wasn’t getting into a subway train.
All I kept thinking about, over and over,
was 'You can’t live forever; you can’t live forever.'

(Fitzgerald, chapter 2, page 40)



5 comments:

  1. "each other" goes with the first line and "the train" goes with the second line I don't know why it came out that way when in my draft it does not look that way

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  2. I loved your poem! Yeah I was wondering why it was like that. In my opinion some of the stansas should have been together and some should have been separated earlier or later. Other than that I think it's an excellent poem. (:

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    1. oh ok thanks (: like which ones do you think should be together?

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  3. I like your choice of poem:) Don't you think it's very descriptive physically?

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    1. Thanks and Yeah (: she makes him sound handsome and attractive ha

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