i made liking Sylvia Plath into a personality
For the sake of goodness, how much
evil are you willing to do?
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with the names of your favorite
evils and acts of hatred.
When the forsaken city starts to burn,
after the men and children have fled,
stand still, silent as prey, and slowly turn
O sun,
centre of our foolish dance,
burning heart of stone,
molten mother of us all,
hear me and have pity.
Animal femurs
ascribed to saints
when I lift my arms to reach a vase,
she extends both ligaments up to yawn
in the sterile light of our father’s home.
I tore from a limb fruit that had lost its green.
My hands were warmed by the heat of an apple
Fire red and humming.
“Mary, called Magdalene, from whom seven devils had been cast out”
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I tell my father about the way
I collect small things
in the sacs of my heart—
Let it be said
that Tim’s year was divided
into two seasons: sneakers
and flip-flops
She lived unknown, and few could know
When Lucy ceased to be;
But she is in her grave, and, oh,
The difference to me!
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