The Happy Hoi PoLLoi By: kerima Polotan Tuvera
The Happy Hoi Polloi:
“In the Luneta, all colors blend ‚ the brown and the white and yellow of people; the green and blue and red of shrubs. Towards the sea, the great sward stretches, and the globes of light hang like huge pearls, are caught in the waters of the lake. People flow by, stop and eddy, break and whirl again. Across the pond, a band plays; a balloon breaks loose from some child’s grasp and floats towards an early star. Here, the land lies flat and green, broken only by stone; there, it rises in a series of small hills that hide the curving tips of a pagoda. The doves come, cooing and beating their wings around a man, dressed in a tiger’s suit, and giving away candy. The lovers try not to be conspicuous. A family spreads the contents of a bag — kropeck, juice, biscuits. One mother lies on a mat, unashamedly nursing her baby. On other mats, men and their wives, kicking their heels at the sky. The park guards watch when they can but soon grow weary and give up. The sky is like a canvas washed clean, gray along the edges, and you think, looking over the heads around you, how distant the heat of living is — tonight’s dishes, tomorrow’s bundy clock. Joy is a fitful moment, but better that than nothing.”
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For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.
ReplyDeleteGreen is the prime color of the world, and that from which its loveliness arises.
ReplyDeleteI believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journey-work of the stars.
ReplyDeleteI believe that if one always looked at the skies, one would end up with wings.
ReplyDeleteI love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour, if we will only tune in.
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