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Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

0 posted 2010-01-10 02:13 PM

Bones is way obtuse.

He’s a simple child
that hasn’t spent much time
out of the hood.

He has no idea
about what kindness exists
in the world.

He never claimed to be
very smart,
and to tell the honest truth,
he’s not.

He thinks everyone
lives
just like he does.

It’s good that
Bones is obtuse.

If he wasn’t,
then the realization
that his life
is so very different
from most kids
would destroy him.

Bobby

secondhanddreampoet
Member Ascendant

since 2006-11-07

Posts 6394
a 'Universalist' !

1 posted 2010-01-10 05:15 PM

'kindness' exists in the world?! ...

effective continuance to the Bones saga!

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 posted 2010-01-10 05:25 PM

Thanks Bruce,

Of course kindness exists in the world. You sometimes have to let it find you.

Bobby

Balladeer

Administrator

Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-05

Posts 25505
Ft. Lauderdale, Fl USA

3 posted 2010-01-10 10:02 PM

If he wasn’t,
then the realization
that his life
is so very different
from most kids
would destroy him.

Now THAT is one profound statement. It also has a flip side in that it keeps kids in the hood, thinking that's the way all life is.

This is one of Bone's most hard-hitting snippets.

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4 posted 2010-01-10 10:18 PM

Thanks Balladeer,

For your insightful comment.

Yes, that's true. We live rather sheltered lives here in the hood. We wouldn't know how to act outside of the hood.

I think that might be the case everywhere.

I've tried the burbs and the country, but didn't like it there at all.

Bobby

WindWalker12
Member

since 2009-10-17

Posts 57

5 posted 2010-01-11 12:33 PM

WOW! This is one fine write!!!!

serenity blaze
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since 2000-02-02

Posts 27738

6 posted 2010-01-11 04:54 AM

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

7 posted 2010-01-11 09:11 AM

Thanks WindWalker12,

I'm happy that the poem worked for you.

Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

8 posted 2010-01-11 09:14 AM

Thanks dear Serenity blaze,

For the nice smiley face.

Love Bobby

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

9 posted 2010-01-14 03:40 PM

He thinks everyone
lives
just like he does.

My life was far different from Bones'... but I remember thinking that. *S* This is great, Bobby... one of your best!

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

10 posted 2010-01-14 03:43 PM

Thanks dear Suthern,

I think a lot of children think that way. After all, it's the only life they really know.

I'm happy this one worked for you.

Love Bobby

Earl Brinkman
Senior Member

since 2010-03-03

Posts 1183
Osaka, Japan

11 posted 2010-04-01 02:05 AM

Perhaps ignorance is bliss. At least for Bones that is!

gilead
Senior Member

since 2008-03-10

Posts 1067
nevada, USA

12 posted 2010-04-01 03:39 AM

To not know that kindness exists in the world -- that's scary, but that is one of the hard realities that we learn when we look at the life of Bones. He is the epitome of the paradox -- tragedy and triumph.

Art

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

13 posted 2010-04-01 09:04 AM

Thanks Earl,

Ignorance protected Bones when he was very young, until he could handle the truth.

Bobby

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

14 posted 2010-04-01 09:11 AM

Thanks Art,

It did take a long time for Bones to discover the existence of kindness. He found it to be a pleasant surprise.

Bobby

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