We talked as Girls do—Fond, and late—We speculated fair, on every subject, but the Grave—Of ours, none affair—We handled Destinies,…
No Romance sold untoCould so enthrall a ManAs the perusal ofHis Individual One—'Tis Fiction's—When 'tis small enoughTo Credit—'Tisn't true!
Me from Myself—to banish—Had I Art—Impregnable my FortressUnto All Heart—But since Myself—assault Me—How have I peaceExcept by subjugatingConsciousness?And since We're…
As if I asked a common Alms,And in my wondering handA Stranger pressed a Kingdom,And I, bewildered, stand—As if I…
I've got the children to tendThe clothes to mendThe floor to mopThe food to shopThen the chicken to fryThe baby…
Some clichty folksdon't know the facts,posin' and preenin'and puttin' on acts,stretchin' their backs.They move into condosup over the ranks,pawn their…
I keep on dying again.Veins collapse, opening like theSmall fists of sleepingChildren.Memory of old tombs,Rotting flesh and worms doNot convince…
Petulant priests, greedycenturions, and one millionincensed gestures standbetween your love and me.Your agape sacrificeis reduced to colored glass,vapid penance, and…
Beloved,In what other lives or landsHave I known your lipsYour HandsYour Laughter braveIrreverent.Those sweet excesses thatI do adore.What surety is…
Your skin like dawnMine like muskOne paints the beginningof a certain end.The other, the end of asure beginning.