You There

Laugh lines and signs of failing liver Wrinkles and knobby belly They say one thing

‘The child has turned old The child has turned into a crocked man And he crumples up like a dry leaf On the dance floor

Ask the janitor for a shovel Scoop up that dry corpse from the dance floor Do it quickly Do it fast Let the music last And last

Nathaniel S. Rounds

FonteLicenza:CC BY-ND 4.0

Stato d'animo:: Triste
Argomenti:: mortality, decay, aging, dance floor

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In “You There,” the speaker points at someone whose body has visibly worn out: laugh lines, signs of a failing liver, wrinkles, a knobby belly. These details “say one thing”—that the child has grown old, become a bent, crumpled man, and now falls like a dry leaf on the dance floor.

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Laugh lines and signs of liver

Wrinkles and belly

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