Turns out the light and is gone.
Ever is a long time.
That ever is no time at all. (McCarthy, 28)
This poem is a recollection of words and sentences found in McCarthy's novel The Road. I decided to analyze the sentences separately from their "true" meaning in the book. The first sentence contains the word 'light', possibly referring to a bright and good state. The poem begins stating that the light is turned off, linking it with the loss of knowledge experienced in the book. Knowledge being the good and bright factor. The end of the sentence continues the vanishing motion until it reaches a dead end, its 'gone'. The next two sentences serve as a paradox, one saying that "ever is a long time" while the others says "ever is no time at all." McCarthy emphasizes on time by using words such as "ever", "long" and "time". My guess is that it's referring to how people take so much for granted. we truly believe we will have it forever and then on day, in a split second we don't. In The Road, humans took mother earth for granted, believing she would be there forever, but as these thoughts grew stronger, mother earth grew weaker until one day she was gone (or at least most of her).
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