The RetroLounge Daily Poem Thread (Mon 8/14/06)

[RetroLounge]

Mad Girl's Love Song

"I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
I lift my lids and all is born again.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
And arbitrary blackness gallops in:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade:
Exit seraphim and Satan's men:
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.

I fancied you'd return the way you said,
But I grow old and I forget your name.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)

I should have loved a thunderbird instead;
At least when spring comes they roar back again.
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
(I think I made you up inside my head.)"

Sylvia Plath

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RL

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[Callalily]

1. Unrequited love?

Hmmmmm . . .

[RetroLounge]

2. Hmmmmm...

:hi:

RL

[idgiehkt]

3. God Bless You.

sigh. I love this woman. She and Gwendolyn Brooks can *editing* do masculine rhyme well. I can't do it so good, it always sounds forced when I try to.

[RetroLounge]

4. Yes, it did come natural for her

it seems, but I am sure she worked hard at it.

It's a challenge...

:hi:

RL

[GOPisEvil]

5. Sigh...

:argh::cry::banghead:

[RetroLounge]

6. I understand my brother...

I do...

RL