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April 5, 2013
Lileks' Good Dog Jasper Is Getting Old
But here’s the final thing. He’s old. He’s very old. Life has pleasures but life hurts, too.
You can’t say that without flipping it around in your head right away - life hurts, but it has pleasures. You have no idea what the balance is for him, how much he simply accepts as the daily ration, the ever-now normal. You just wait for the moment, the expression, the admission. The request. And I’m telling you this: I look for it every day. I’m not seeing it. -- LILEKS (James) The Bleat
Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 5, 2013 10:46 AM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
Your Say
Lileks's writing about his relationship with his old friend is fine indeed - as is your gloss on Dylan Thomas.
Maybe we ARE gettin old.
Posted by: Rob De Witt at April 5, 2013 1:30 PM
I cruise around the 'net, and I stop at various sites. I read some for information and some for entertainment, but there are two that I check just for the sheer pleasure of watching real craftsmanship with words: yours and Lileks.
Posted by: bud at April 5, 2013 1:37 PM
Hmmm... Some guy posted a clever poem in comments at that site. ;-)
chuck
Posted by: dhmosquito at April 6, 2013 6:54 AM