Aiko:     You know, the whole idea of romance seems to revolve around the notion of 
          'specialness'. Yet when we open our eyes and see everything as special, what's the need of romance?

Bai-Luo:  Ah, you miss the point. If everything seems "special" then it becomes 
          matter-of-fact. Romantic love involves a bit of drama as well as a good deal of fiction.

Aiko:     It's a delightful absurdity. Yet over time, romantic love may evolve into something deeper . . .

Cindy:   (sighing) Or simply grow stale.

Aiko:     Perhaps that's because people forget where love comes from. Feeling the richness 
          of each moment and joy of existence itself, is that not the essence of love?

Don:      It doesn't really have anything to do with full moons, does it?

EACH FULL MOON

   Each time the moon is full
   we are transported
   across the rivers of space
   to a time when this world was bright.

	Oh yeah! . . . Sure thing! . . . Right!

   Each time the moon is full
   our hearts become open
   and bathed by constant light.

	Whatz wid this kook? He's ah fulla sheet!

   Each time the moon is full
   I gaze at the earth with gentleness
   unafraid of day or night

	Cum on - dah only ding full iz his ass!


Aiko:    Why can't this dude write a love poem without getting cynical?

Bai-Luo: Perhaps he's a afraid of love.

Don:     Strange: love iz what people want most, yet also what they're most afraid of.

Cindy:   Yep. And if fear is powerful enough, it'll dim the light of love.


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from _Love Poems: Nonsense from the Heart_   
SUMMARY: A poem and dialog about loneliness, intimacy, and the full moon 
KEYWORDS: love poetry, love cycles, moon poem, lunar romance, anti-romantic rant  

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) 
Begun: 1990 in Brattleboro, VT, USA  / Finished: 2011 in Tokyo, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted 
 
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DEUTSCH:  https://www.tnewfields.info/de/voll.htm
ESPAÑOL:  https://www.tnewfields.info/es/luna.htm
FRANÇAIS: https://www.tnewfields.info/fr/chaque.htm
NIHONGO:  https://www.tnewfields.info/jp/mangetsu.htm