That’s an arresting first line David. Especially as the N isn’t rushing up to us having had an epiphany, or having found the meaning of life. No, he saw Eternity a few nights ago and just thought he’d mention it.
Eternity seems oddly familiar, slightly distant like old b&w photos. We see people who cared about each other, lived their lives and are now long gone. I like the way they fleetingly light up when thought about. And dreams as thinking without handrails is lovely.
“They can’t complain” is a little spooky. A phrase that usually means life is ok, so-so, but here also means being unable to complain or get out of their predicament.
The communal singing and the possible ukele bring us back to the everyday stuff our lives are built of, some of it sticking, but often forgotten.
It has a gentle non-plussedness about it.
Joe
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