Past and Present . A comparison between the narrator's present wretchedness, as an adult, and his carefree delight in being alive when he was a boy. But all these are just guesses. Poetry gives you more leeway to inject your own interpretations and to see in it what you want to see. The important thing is to be touched, not to get the point.
Human beings are often cruel, callous, closed-minded, sheepish, and selfish.
Many of you sensed this obvious message, yet hesitated, perhaps because it's so unsettling. Dangerous Game . We are so built that we can really understand the suffering of fellow human beings only after, as one of you put it, walking a mile in their shoes. It makes it possible for us to learn from the experiences, and insights, of others. I mean, you and I either think it's right, or do nothing, or, certainly, pay the taxes which make it possible.