I got an idea let's talk about something else...

@ChickenInvasion: Anything would be better then endless political banter...

Oh but of course! Something else has become way too politcally charged... can it all just be fun and games again?

@justmerae: You have chosen topics that exist within my wheelhouse. Let's start with your shoes. They must be fabulous!

@HarryZ: They are turquoise sandals and I have not wore them yet

@justmerae: They do sound fabulous. I love turquoise. I bet they look cute on you too.

How about we move onto poetry. I've always loved this poem by Pablo Neruda

If You Forget Me by Pablo Neruda
I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine

@justmerae: how much did they cost?

@TheTinMan: One pair was 30 dollars and got the second pair for 1 dollar it was a sale.

Sweet 😊

@HoraceGreenley: Sometimes that sounds kinda like a good thing

@justmerae: