A review by bibliocyclist
The Best American Short Stories 2010 by Richard Russo, Heidi Pitlor
4.0
Love was sometimes like silence, beautiful but hard to bear.
But then, somehow, usually by accident, you experience joy. And the problem with joy is that it binds you to life; it makes you greedy for more happiness. You experience avarice. You hope your life will go on forever.
Green nuclei of fireflies,
The red commas of two fires.
Here I am trying to eulogize Mother Nature and this is the tableau she presents me with.
"Let those with abundance remember that they are surrounded by thorns."
But then, somehow, usually by accident, you experience joy. And the problem with joy is that it binds you to life; it makes you greedy for more happiness. You experience avarice. You hope your life will go on forever.
Green nuclei of fireflies,
The red commas of two fires.
Here I am trying to eulogize Mother Nature and this is the tableau she presents me with.
"Let those with abundance remember that they are surrounded by thorns."