This poem talks about things we think we want to hear, but we really don't. The son seems to know exactly what his mother can handle and tries to protect her from reality. Lies are better than the truth sometimes. When he seems to be failing, he tries giving her what she wants, the truth, but soon realizes that she does not really want that. Her husband then tries to protect her. But no one is trying to protect the son, who is the one in real peril of emotional damage and still they tell him, "Please don't write such depressing letters." (Rottmann, 846).
Thursday, November 1, 2012
APO 96225
APO 96225 by Larry Rottmann
This poem talks about things we think we want to hear, but we really don't. The son seems to know exactly what his mother can handle and tries to protect her from reality. Lies are better than the truth sometimes. When he seems to be failing, he tries giving her what she wants, the truth, but soon realizes that she does not really want that. Her husband then tries to protect her. But no one is trying to protect the son, who is the one in real peril of emotional damage and still they tell him, "Please don't write such depressing letters." (Rottmann, 846).
This poem talks about things we think we want to hear, but we really don't. The son seems to know exactly what his mother can handle and tries to protect her from reality. Lies are better than the truth sometimes. When he seems to be failing, he tries giving her what she wants, the truth, but soon realizes that she does not really want that. Her husband then tries to protect her. But no one is trying to protect the son, who is the one in real peril of emotional damage and still they tell him, "Please don't write such depressing letters." (Rottmann, 846).
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