Friday, March 13, 2009

Revolutionary Road: He said/She said



They agreed it was a depressing film.
.
She said:
One has to be crazy, mad, to see the truth with
wide open eyes,
to be locked up if he has the audacity
to say it
to be rushed out the door
amid profuse apologies
for disturbing the peace.
.
He said:
She has to be mad, crazy,
she’s a mother, what else to
be said, she has an obligation,
to be sane, to take care of, to love
even the world does not see her,
her husband does not see her,
she is but a womb, she has an obligation,
she has no dreams, she deserves no dreams,
she will have no dreams.
.
She said:
If no one sees you
when you cease to see yourself,
when all reflections have been shattered,
deformed, decimated, blackened,
you have no choice but to
become crazy, mad, to
no longer see anything
but darkness
the void.
.
They agreed it was a depressing
film.
.
That is all they agreed upon.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Men are Ogres!