Thursday, October 6, 2011

SLOW down, there, Bessy!

"Attractive Jewish lady with a son.
Can someone make my simple wish come true?

I'm Libran, inexperienced and blue -
Need slim non-smoker, under twenty-one."
 (Lonely Hearts)

Sooo, what I originally thought was this was a very gender and sexuality-confused person who was posting numerous things in the part of the news paper that people go to to find a mate. I say mate because I think it to be a rather primitive way of finding your other half. Anywho, the more I tried to analyze, the more I think this poem is about the patheticness some are driven to out of loneliness. I haven't had a boyfriend since sixth grade. Do you see me advertizing myself in the paper to get a hand to hold on Valentine's Day? No. No you don't. This poem highlights the rediculousness that is human advertisement.
Random observation, I think this poem is bizarre.

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