[lit-ideas] Re: The Devil's Dictionary
- From: "Mirembe Nantongo" <nantongo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 05:40:54 +0100
Julie wrote:
> I'm no longer a professional cheerio remover, but a full
> time chauffeur. No one warned me about this.
You know what being the mother of a teenager is like? It's like this from
Denise Levertov:
<><><><>
After I had cut off my hands
and grown new ones
something my former hands had longed for
came and asked to be rocked.
After my plucked out eyes
had withered, and new ones grown
something my former eyes had wept for
came asking to be pitied.
<><><><>
It's like looking at myself as I was at the same age (just yesterday!) -
identifying with what I'm seeing in a remotely aching sort of way but feeling
alienated and (usually) totally unsympathetic at the same time.
>.....and then reading of
> goats tied to chairs.
I can't believe you remember that!
All best, MN
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