Wednesday, 23 March 2011

sylvia plath is chic.

from lady lazarus

"And I a smiling woman.
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. 
...
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 
...
Ash, ash
You poke and stir.
Flesh, bone, there is nothing there
...
And I eat men like air."

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