“But the strains of the doleful song stirred such powerful nostalgia for lost loves and for things lost over the course of one's life and for lives, like my grandfather's, that had come long before mine that I was suddenly taken back to a poor, disconsolate universe of simple folk like Mafalda's ancestors, fretting and scurrying in the tiny vicoli of an old Naples whose memory I wanted to share word for word with Oliver now, as if he too, like Mafalda and Manfredi and Anchise and me, were a fellow southerner whom I'd met in a foreign port city and who'd instantly understand why the sound of this old song, like an ancient prayer for the dead in the deadest of languages, could bring tears even in those who couldn't understand a syllable.” SongLostCall Me By Your NameAndre AcimanLost LovesTransporting Book:Call Me by Your Name Source: Call Me by Your Name
“Tea for Two (A Tactful Texas-sized Twister of a Tale) Afternoon tic-tac toe. Tête a tête quiet head to toe. To and fro toe-to-toe. –′Tisk for task, tit for tat– (Teeter-totter tack and back)– Tat-a-tat-tat! —S.w.a.k. ///” PoetryHelp MeRememberingLove MakingCherishingWhimsical HumourLost Loves Author:douglas laurent