Well, friends, when I started this line I checked the
Collected Poems out of the library and now I have got to
take it back. There are a lot of poems, both early and
late, that I would love to quote, such as "Whiteness I
Remember", "The Appliant" and others, but I will content
myself with a triolet found among the Juvenilia in small print at the back of the book:
BLUEBEARD
I am sending back the key
that let me into bluebeard's study;
because he would make love to me
I am sending back the key;
in his eye's darkroom I can see
my X-rayed heart, dissected body;
I am sending back the key
that let me into bluebeard's study.
Enjoy.
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