Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GROTESQUE, by AMY LOWELL


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First Line: Why do the lilies goggle their tongues at me
Last Line: While you dance?
Subject(s): Flowers; Lilies


Why do the lilies goggle their tongues at me
When I pluck them;
And writhe, and twist,
And strangle themselves against my fingers,
So that I can hardly weave the garland
For your hair?
Why do they shriek your name
And spit at me
When I could cluster them?
Must I kill them
To make them lie still,
And send you a wreath of lolling corpses
To turn putrid and soft
On your forehead
While you dance?






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