from lady lazarus
"And I a smiling woman.
I am only thirty.
And like the cat I have nine times to die.
I am only thirty.
And like the cat I have nine times to die.
...
Them unwrap me hand and foot
The big strip tease.
Gentleman , ladies
These are my hands
My knees.
I may be skin and bone,
Nevertheless, I am the same, identical woman.
The first time it happened I was ten.
It was an accident.
Gentleman , ladies
These are my hands
My knees.
I may be skin and bone,
Nevertheless, I am the same, identical woman.
The first time it happened I was ten.
It was an accident.
...
Dying
Is an art, like everything else.
I do it exceptionally well.
I do it so it feels like hell.
I do it so it feels real.
I guess you could say I've a call.
It's easy enough to do it in a cell.
It's easy enough to do it and stay put.
It's the theatrical
Is an art, like everything else.
I do it exceptionally well.
I do it so it feels like hell.
I do it so it feels real.
I guess you could say I've a call.
It's easy enough to do it in a cell.
It's easy enough to do it and stay put.
It's the theatrical
...
Ash, ash
You poke and stir.
Flesh, bone, there is nothing there
You poke and stir.
Flesh, bone, there is nothing there
...
And I eat men like air."
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