What does the phrase, "When some people talk about money They speak as if it were a mysterious lover Who went out to buy milk and never Came back" mean (From Tracy K. Smith "The Good Life")

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Skylar Elliott

1 March, 19:02

What does the phrase, "When some people talk about money They speak as if it were a mysterious lover Who went out to buy milk and never Came back" mean (From Tracy K. Smith "The Good Life")

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Wade Johnston · Answer 1

Umm i can try to analyze but to me it seems they were trying to say that money is a very dark thing that we all want some of it but it leaves so mysteriously meaning that the money we work so hard for gets spent so easily.