Thursday, June 11, 2009
Hi!
Yo guys!I know this sounds really odd but my sis desperately needs help with her literature hw... can sumone please explain to me what the poem means??? stupid literature...LOL!! here we go:
Before or After
I like to get there early when the cleaning
has just been done and you can smell polish.
Or when, in the kitchen, cucumber and radish
march all the way down the salmon and the icing
is perfect. Or before the shop opens when pyramids
of apples and oranges still show no sign of blemish.
When the garden is newly raked, the flowers fresh
and nothing has been said that could be misunderstood.
Or after. When scars of fires and flattened grass
show where the campsite has been abandoned.
When the beds are stripped and the visitors gone.
When the furniture van drives away and the house
echoes like a cathedral. When there is no more traffic.
When everything has gone wrong that is going to go wrong,
all the changes have been rung and weeds begin
to push their way up through the tarmac*.
*tarmac: refers to the material used to construct airport runways
Thanx alot guys!!!
Madhu
