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Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

0 posted 2009-06-30 04:38 PM

Bones is one of “them”.

Oh, you know who “them” are.

They’re the ones left out on the street.
They’ll do most anything for money.
They have an eating habit
that just won’t let them go.

They will never be like “us”,
oh heavens no.

None of “us”
would do what they do,
even if we knew how,
even if we could.

Oh no,
we’re oh so very much better
than “them”.

Bobby

Bill Charles
Member Patricius

since 2000-07-11

Posts 10619
highways, & byways, for now

1 posted 2009-06-30 04:56 PM

Bobby - got to get Bones out of there so he won't be 'One of Them'...

BC

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

2 posted 2009-06-30 05:01 PM

Thanks Bill,

For wishing Bones well. However, the hood is so much a part of Bones, that leaving it would kill him.

Bobby

rachaelfuchsberger

Senior Member

since 2007-02-21

Posts 609
Las Vegas, NV

3 posted 2009-06-30 05:03 PM

Perhaps Bones's paradise is something that one of "Us" would view as a ghetto. I like Bones.

Arana Darkwolf

Robert E. Jordan
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since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

4 posted 2009-06-30 05:24 PM

Thanks dear Arana,

Yes, where Bones lives is considered a ghetto. It’s a poor, very crowded, Catholic neighborhood. There is a Polish Church, an Irish Church, a German Church and an Italian Church, and each one has a large grade school attached to it. We have kids galore.

Bones and I, we go to the Italian Church. All of the churches are within easy walking distance.

Love Bobby

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

5 posted 2009-06-30 05:36 PM

We are not better, but probably better off.

I have heard stories about "them" where there humanity is bared in heartwrenching ways.

No, another life wouldn't kill Bones, but to leave the known for the unknown isn't easy for nobody.

Love,
Margherita

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

6 posted 2009-06-30 06:50 PM

Thanks dear Margherita,

No, Bones would not die if he was removed from the hood. However, why should he leave the hood. He loves his neighbors, and has many relatives living there. He loves them too. leaving the hood would make Bones very unhappy. He plans to live, and die in his hood. That's just the way it is.

BTW, Joyce Carol Oates wrote a book titled "Them". It's one of my favorites.

Love Bobby

XOx Uriah xOX
Senior Member

since 2006-02-11

Posts 1403
Virginia

7 posted 2009-06-30 07:45 PM

I was a bit surprised by the title
I always saw Bones as one of "Us"

After reading... I was happy to discover that I was correct

::smiles:: (((Bobby)))

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

8 posted 2009-06-30 07:52 PM

Thanks XOx Uriah xOX,

Yes, you are correct. “Them” is surely “us”.

Bobby

latearrival
Member Ascendant

since 2003-03-21

Posts 5499
Florida

9 posted 2009-06-30 09:38 PM

"There is a Polish Church, an Irish Church, a German Church and an Italian Church, and each one has a large grade school attached to it."
And this is one of the reason there is always a "Them". I grew up in the same mix of religions. So divisional in a neighborhood. latearrival

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

10 posted 2009-06-30 09:54 PM

Thanks dear Latearrival,

There is no division in the neighborhood by religion. We all belong to the same Holy Roman Catholic and Apostolic Church. There are only differences in nationality. We all get along very well.

The us and them is purely social economic.

You’ll be pleased to know that we burned our last Protestant at the stake back in 1998.

Thanks for reading and commenting.

Bobby

brneyedgrly
Senior Member

since 2009-06-08

Posts 1125
nowhere and everywhere

11 posted 2009-06-30 09:56 PM

~yo, dear bobby...

the 'thems' just need a little more love and understanding...they're good people...

i love joyce carol oates! but i have not read 'them'...but i will now

love,
shellie

Robert E. Jordan
Member Rara Avis

since 2008-01-25

Posts 8541
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

12 posted 2009-06-30 09:58 PM

Thanks dear Shellie,

You will love "Them". When I read it first, I kept saying to myself--"Hey, I know those folks."

Love Bobby

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