tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post5695679103950764395..comments2023-10-06T08:10:05.853-04:00Comments on Necromancy Never Pays: Love PoemJeannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-18992648754303791542009-02-11T08:31:00.000-05:002009-02-11T08:31:00.000-05:00It is interesting that there are clearly several w...It is interesting that there are clearly several ways to read the "unnoticed and necessary" lines. I was thinking of them in almost an apologetic way. Many years in a committed relationship lead to ruts, like who always does what (I'm always asleep first). But we switched sides of the bed after the first 25 years of marriage!Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01374498643286099244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-45837469715654477812009-02-10T14:02:00.000-05:002009-02-10T14:02:00.000-05:00I've read this poem before and loved it. On r...I've read this poem before and loved it. On rereading, though, I think that I have changed...I love the _idea_ of being "that unnoticed & that necessary", but....I think in reality, I'd resent being that unnoticed and be smothered by being that necessary. Sad. It's a lovely image, though.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6000858382516594426.post-11365892915938496892009-02-10T13:44:00.000-05:002009-02-10T13:44:00.000-05:00I love the last line of this poem. The romantic in...I love the last line of this poem. The romantic in me says that many years in a committed relationship leads to just that kind of "unnoticed" and "necessary" existence. The cynic in me wants to tell the author to try parenting a teenager--God's great lesson plan for teaching us how to be completely necessary and unnoticed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com