So we were at Lipi's place last night for a dinner party (she made yummy mushrooms!) and as usually happens when this group of people gets together, the conversation turned to tech stuff in general and to Yahoo in particular. There was some talk about how things were going down but that didn't mean it was all gonna end quickly.. it would be a slow decline that would take years and years.
And in that context, one of the people there, someone I was meeting for the first time said, "That's how it happens, right? It ends with a whimper..."
I looked closely at his face. Did he know where that line came from or was he just repeating something that he had heard someone else say? Was he an Eliot fan? Did he know that April was the cruellest month of the year?
Even if the person speaking the line knew what it was about, I don't think anyone else in the room got the reference, there was no flicker of recognition anywhere. And for some reason, just for a split second, even though I was in a room filled with people, I felt alone. The feeling returned a few minutes later when I talked of W.H. Auden and the name didn't ring a bell with most of the group.
I miss the BITS Poetry Club. I hope they have something similar at Oxford. Actually, I'm sure they'd have it.. I hope I can take out the time for it.
10 hours ago
2 comments:
whimper bit , hmm no I didn't recognize that line. But Auden , yes....i vaguely remember lines from the unknown citizen .. and my 12th std days .. :)
Heylo...leaving a comment after a long gap. Hope everybodys doing well....an email is due from my side and i expect more posts when I come here :P
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