There was a time
when single word of her
was valued more
than barrel petrol
from the Persian Gulf
by him...
He calls her
daily chatter now
'cheap talk'
and if we look at
a game theory,
it means 'a talk
between the players, which
does not affect
the pay-off'. So, guys...
Back to the Persian Gulf!
Sofia,10. June 2008
Ha ha great poem! Love the whole set up of it and how you have constructed the lack of conversation. That analogy with oil is birlliantly funny. And the value placed at one stage on even a single beloved word...now merely cheapened to chatter. Your humour is beginning to shine through in your poems and infuse the thought with a lovely gentle sardonc bite. Love the poem...ah...talk is cheap when actual conversation is both rich and strange! love Donall Donall
one can put up with a chatter box...with a chatter barrel? may be he's right! well... leave me, i dont know! ^10^
The meaning of 'cheap' is connected with its opposite. This poem seems to say: talk is terribly expensive.
Persian Gulf and those barrels of petrol I like that connection lovely write anjali -10 (if time permits do read some of my poems)
i really liked that metaphor of barrels of petrol...very very contemporary imagery..
Most profound Anelia - really like this one. HG: -) xx
A very intriguing piece. Keep up the great writing!
Added my 10. Coz- 1. time may change context,2. economics is incorporated! Wonderful presentation.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
Free speech is better than cheap talk, isn't it? Keep talking, One! Fx