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To: epicure who wrote (482)	7/16/1998 10:35:00 AM
From: James Williams	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1340

No, I haven't heard that poem before, but the last line is great... Bitter Moon really threw me for a loop, and still the feeling is haunting me. Not that I'm afraid I'll turn into the monster that Oscar turned into, nor do I think my girlfriend will paralyze me... How did Oscar become such an evil a**hole? What turned Mimi into the pathetic clinging lamb, handing Oscar the knife, pointing it towards her neck, almost begging him to stab? I think it was because of what fueled their passion. I do think Oscar loved Mimi. But a relationship needs a foundation...Oscars for Mimi was on that feeling he had on the bus, that magical feeling that made him write that "glimpse of heaven..." line. Once he consumated that feeling, his love needed more...and he devoured her. All the feelings he could, he gluttonously crammed down his throat, till she was all used up. What made Mimi's love endure, was the pain. She hurt so much, she had be in love, just to keep her sane. And once he was no longer able to hurt her, she exacted her revenge... I'm not sure if this made sense. I did a better job explaining it to my girlfriend the other night, when it was fresh in my mind. It seems that the problem with their relationship, as, I'm afraid to admit, with my own, is that their love had directed their passions and desires completely towards each other. They had no other option than to consume each other. It made me feel what a good relationship should be...Not two facing each other drawing sustenance from each other in some cannibalistic race to see who is consumed first, but rather two facing down life together, to keep each other warm when it is cold, to help each the other up when one falls, and to rest together. I've seen it in my parents, whose 36 years together have been much of that. Soul-mates. Not Soul-food...(ooh, sorry about that.) Well, this is a bit disjointed...hope you follow me...