Monday, May 16, 2011

The Facebook Sonnet by Sherman Alexie

Welcome to the endless high-school
Reunion. Welcome to past friends
And lovers, however kind or cruel.
Let's undervalue and unmend

The present. Why can't we pretend
Every stage of life is the same?
Let's exhume, resume and extend
Childhood. Let's all play the games

That preoccupy the young. Let fame
And shame intertwine. Let one's search
For God become public domain.
Let church.com become our church.

Let's sign up, sign in and confess
Here at the altar of loneliness.

3 comments:

  1. This poem is unbelievably good.

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  2. Today was the first I'd heard this poem (thank you Bill Moyers). Its truth is hard to deny.

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