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How Have You Been?
Contributed by
srsuckow
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Tuesday, 27th July 2004 @ 07:48:48 AM in AEST
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I met an old friend on the street.
We said our hellos, and she asked how I'd been.
I told her about the boss who never lets up on me,
the professor who screwed me over on that last exam,
the kid brother and sister who are exhaustingly adorable,
the older sister who is getting married to a man
twice her age and going blind,
the friend who got dumped by a man
twice her age who had never gotten that divorce he had promised her,
the boyfriend who is proving to be worthless in every situation,
and how tired I was of this weather.
I asked in return how she had been.
She responded with a pained, "Fine,"
followed by "It was nice bumping into you."
And she walked away.
I must have forgotten that "How have you been?"
no longer requires a genuine response.
It's simply a polite extension of hello.
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srsuckow
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2004-07-27 07:48:48]
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Re: How Have You Been?
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by AspenGlow on
Tuesday, 27th July 2004 @ 08:53:48 AM AEST
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Tis a plastic world we live in now, no time, no cares, just all into selves. Next time nod and walk on as they do, how sad today is, and there only so few.
Very insightful write, thanks for sharing. |
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Re: How Have You Been?
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by _Raspberry_ on
Tuesday, 27th July 2004 @ 10:19:44 AM AEST
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| Very true. I ask old friends with genuine sincerity, and it makes me feel horrible when all they can tell me is okay, or fine, I want to know if I ask them. Then they return the How have you been, and what is the only thing I can tell them, after their short response? "Just Fine" Very lovely and true write |
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Re: How Have You Been?
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by bttrflynajar on
Tuesday, 27th July 2004 @ 06:35:26 PM AEST
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| i love this poem. its very true. and wonderfully written. nice job. |
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Re: How Have You Been?
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by kidpoet_213 on
Wednesday, 28th July 2004 @ 03:35:35 PM AEST
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Thanks for sharing this... how sad... but true it is of our society today... no one seems to have the time to just chat for awhile... we're all in such a rush and to get to where?
Hey thanks for commenting on one of my poems... and welcome to YPDC... hope to read more from u.
~Donna~ |
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