#64Challenge
Inspired by Gary Snyder's poem "No Shadow." Originally written February 27.
I spent yesterday introducing the idea of nostalgia in writing odes. What has left a shadow? a remembrance? We talked about Sherman Alexi's "Ode to Mixtapes," and how it was about wooing a loved one. When I asked them how they let someone know they're interested, they replied with DM, sending a handwritten note, telling the person directly, or a lyric prank.
The idea of the lyric prank was interesting to me -- sending words of a song with no explanation. The person on the other end has to figure it out. I asked Who has used the lyric prank?
Johnny said he had. I asked him what song? He said, "I can't remember the title. It was an Elvis song."
I said, "Can't Help Falling in Love With You"?
His face lit up. "Yeah. That was the one."
I asked, Did it work?
And that was when the emotion exploded across his face. "Yeah. It worked."
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