Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Never try to trick me with a kiss
Pretending that the birds are here to stay;
The dying man will scoff and scorn at this.
A stone can masquerade where no heart is
And virgins rise where lustful Venus lay:
Never try to trick me with a kiss.
Our noble doctor claims the pain is his,
While stricken patients let him have his say;
The dying man will scoff and scorn at this.
Each virile bachelor dreads paralysis,
The old maid in the gable cries all day:
Never try to trick me with a kiss.
The suave eternal serpents promise bliss
To mortal children longing to be gay;
The dying man will scoff and scorn at this.
Sooner or later something goes amiss;
The singing birds pack up and fly away;
So never try to trick me with a kiss:
The dying man will scoff and scorn at this.

3 comments:

  1. Sylvia Plath... wow! The words she chooses are always so powerful and incisive!

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  2. Amazing Blog.

    Thank you for sharing..

    Regards
    The PostMan
    http://postcardsinthewind.blogspot.com/

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  3. I love the concept of this. quite beautiful indeed. x

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