Reflections On A Typo

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Linbido
Linbido
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Well,
now I know,
that to love
you must live

as if one or the other
is nothing but a slip
from typing too fast
on neighbouring keys.

Maybe just stumbling,
a motoric mishap
form an occupied mind,
so hellbent to love,
(or was it to live)?

Whichever distraction
disturbing enough
to slip on the keys
I now know
well.

I love you.
I live you.
No difference.
Both I do.

 

Linbido
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AngelineAngelinealmost 20 years ago
Yes Astute!

I love this kind of poem--it's philosophical but simply stated so that it doesn't overwhelm--and it shouldn't because it endorses a basic but critical (at least to me) way of looking at the world. In the last line, I think you could get away without "Both." Just my opinion, but just saying "I do" would end the poem sufficiently--that "Both" sounds a bit awkward to my ear, but maybe it's just me. It's really a wonderful poem. :)

LinbidoLinbidoalmost 20 years agoAuthor
"form"

Well YDD, yes. It's semi intentional. I intended from first, but typed form, and decided to leave it in. But perhaps the line would had worked better with an added adverb.

TY all for the comments.

love/live,

-Lin

YDDYDDalmost 20 years ago
When a htpo meets a hypo. . .

Most novel, refreshing, and well done.

Just one question,

Did you mean "form",

or were you typing too fast again?

LiarLiaralmost 20 years ago
Ah, to live and be lived.

It takes a poet to not just hit backspace, but to notice, reflect, and draw so much semantic and emotional insight from so little a slip. Bravo!

WickedEveWickedEvealmost 20 years ago
not what I thought

I thought this was going to take a different direction when I read the title. I like the way you handled it.

Have you come across the embarrassing lover/liver typo? ;)

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