Margaret Atwood I Love You Poems
- 1. Helen Of Troy Does Countertop Dancing
The world is full of women
who'd tell me I should be ashamed of myself
if they had the chance. Quit dancing.
Get some self-respect
... - 2. Variations On The Word Love
This is a word we use to plug
holes with. It's the right size for those warm
blanks in speech, for those red heart-
shaped vacancies on the page that look nothing
... - 3. Postcards
I'm thinking about you. What else can I say?
The palm trees on the reverse
are a delusion; so is the pink sand.
What we have are the usual
... - 4. Flying Inside Your Own Body
Your lungs fill & spread themselves,
wings of pink blood, and your bones
empty themselves and become hollow.
When you breathe in youâ??ll lift like a balloon
... - 5. Sekhmet, The Lion-headed Goddess Of War
He was the sort of man
who wouldn't hurt a fly.
Many flies are now alive
while he is not.
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