Wednesday, June 19, 2019

ANTI-LOVE POEM

by grace paley from fidelity

sometimes you don’t want to love the person you love
you turn your face away from that face
whose eyes lips might make you give up anger
forget insult    steal sadness of not wanting
to love    turn away then turn away    at breakfast
in the evening    don’t lift your eyes from the paper
to see that face in all its seriousness     a
sweetness of concentration     he holds his book
in his hand     the hard-knuckled winter wood-
scarred fingers    turn away   that’s all you can
do    old as you are to save yourself    from love

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