Collected Poems by Donald Justice

Collected Poems by Donald Justice

Author:Donald Justice [Justice, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-51788-3
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2004-12-12T05:00:00+00:00


NAKED EXCEPT FOR THE JEWELRY

“And,” she said, “you must talk no more

about ecstasy. It is a loneliness.”

The woman wandered about picking up

her shoes and silks. “You said you loved me,”

the man said. “We tell lies,” she said,

brushing her wonderful hair, naked except

for the jewelry. “We try to believe.”

“You were helpless with joy,” he said,

“moaning and weeping.” “In the dream,” she said,

“we pretend to ourselves that we are touching.

The heart lies to itself because it must.”



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