dr_con Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Among the Birds And you can see why I prefer the company of birds he said after revelations about his military service HIV our dust bowl reinvention in time for the end times in America and the underlying theme of yogic philosophy in Schopenhauer’s Will because somehow I would understand I did After my breakups opening closings kicks in the pants this life we've all been living while history’s gears creak and complain as only metal does masking simple enduring in a cacophony of somethings more important than our last world worries I envy his freedom as he runs into the quiet bird less woods where I had come to get away. Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedalus Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Wait a second ... this one rings a bell of sorts: the novel "Birdy" by William Wharton: An extraordinary story of war and friendship from one of America’s most revered authors of the 20th Century. Two teenagers form an unlikely friendship in pre-War Philadelphia. Al is obsessed with lifting weights, looking good and chasing girls. Birdy is obsessed with flight. Birdy’s passion becomes all-encompassing. Birdy wants to fly. A few years later these young men find themselves emotionally and physically scarred by Word War Two. Al is called to an army psychiatric hospital to help the doctors there treat his friend, who he finds squatting on the floor of his cell and acting like a bird. This haunting and brilliant novel has electrified readers the world over. It has truly become a modern classic.In 1984, Birdy was turned into an award-winning movie directed by Alan Parker and starring Nicholas Cage and Matthew Modine. Quote Drown your sorrows in drink, by all means, but the real sorrows can swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_con Posted August 3, 2012 Author Share Posted August 3, 2012 Ha! never rad the book may have seen the movie- I do remember it having an impact on my literary friends. But this was based on an incident in Binghamton NY a couple of weeks ago- I've alaways said my life is a movie but really? thanks Ded! Juris Quote thegateless.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyv Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I am curious who or what it is that ran into the woods. It wasn't a bird; a bird would have flown. Was it a deer? A homeless person? I don't know. Intriguing. Tony Ah, EDIT: I just got it. It was the person, probably a homeless vet, from the first verse. Quote Here is a link to an index of my works on this site: tonyv's Member Archive topic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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