The BlueIris Semi-Nightly Poetry Break, 4/22/08

[BlueIris]

"Housewife"

Some women marry houses.
It's another kind of skin; it has a heart,
a mouth, a liver and bowel movements.
The walls are permanent and pink.
See how she sits on her knees all day,
faithfully washing herself down.
Men enter by force, drawn back like Jonah
into their fleshy mothers.
A woman is her mother.
That's the main thing.

—Anne Sexton

[BlueIris]

1. Kick.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear BlueIris...

I understood it, until the end...

But I still enjoyed it...

Thank you, and I'm sorry I didn't see it earlier...

:hug:

[BlueIris]

3. Aw, thanks. Yeah, the last line is a little...let's just say indistinct. nt

[ismnotwasm]

4. LOL

I get it. I suppose I think a bit indistinctly, or at least not quite clear--as well.

[BlueIris]

5. Kick.