What Is This Thing Called Love by Kim Addonizio

Author:Kim Addonizio
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2013-05-07T00:00:00+00:00

We know the ugly hate the beautiful,

and the bitter losers are all seething

over bad coffee, washed in the sleazy fluorescence

of fast-food restaurants. We know

the wheelchairs hate the shoes,

and the medicines envy the vitamins,

which is why sometimes a whole bottle

of sleeping pills will gather like a wave

and rush down someone’s throat to drown

in the sour ocean of the stomach.

And let’s not even mention the poor,

since hardly anyone does.

It’s the way of the world—

the sorrowful versus the happy,

and the stupid against everyone,

especially themselves. So don’t pretend

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