Much more eloquent than I could come up with. For me its basically "Once you go wool baby... ya NEVER go back"
RR On May 21, 12:25 pm, Seth Vidal <skvi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not sure if this has shown up here before but it feels like a > rivendell-ish content. I saw this today in a flyer my partner got from > one of her yarn-sources: > > "Ode to My Socks" by Pablo Neruda (translated by Robert Bly) > > Mara Mori brought me > a pair of socks > which she knitted herself > with her sheepherder's hands, > two socks as soft as rabbits. > I slipped my feet into them > as if they were two cases > knitted with threads of twilight and goatskin, > Violent socks, > my feet were two fish made of wool, > two long sharks > sea blue, shot through > by one golden thread, > two immense blackbirds, > two cannons, > my feet were honored in this way > by these heavenly socks. > They were so handsome for the first time > my feet seemed to me unacceptable > like two decrepit firemen, > firemen unworthy of that woven fire, > of those glowing socks. > > Nevertheless, I resisted the sharp temptation > to save them somewhere as schoolboys > keep fireflies, > as learned men collect > sacred texts, > I resisted the mad impulse to put them > in a golden cage and each day give them > birdseed and pieces of pink melon. > Like explorers in the jungle > who hand over the very rare green deer > to the spit and eat it with remorse, > I stretched out my feet and pulled on > the magnificent socks and then my shoes. > > The moral of my ode is this: > beauty is twice beauty > and what is good is doubly good > when it is a matter of two socks > made of wool in winter. > > -sv --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
