Classic and Contemporary Poetry

LIKE A LIE, by DAVID IGNATOW Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: In myself I speak the language of love
Last Line: Sound like a lie
Subject(s): Lies

Watching from across the table your shoulders
hunched to the food, your fork sliding
in and out, nothing could be more serious,
your face tense, removed, I think,
my glass idle in my palm, this is how,
by first strengthening ourselves,
we prepare a paradise.