hi my name is robyn and i am having troble with this poem called
“Dubbel zoet” by J. Rhodes i can't seem to get the total meaning and the meter for this poem if you could help me here it is below:
DUBBEL ZOET
In your lying mouth
I didn't know I'd become
aniseblack gum. Instead,
I thought your teeth were my own mortar,
that I would grind myself clean
against you.
Last night, under the Meyer lemon,
I found two cat-dragged wings.
I buried them,
salt and sage and cedar,
a red ribbon from your Christmas box.
Now the crow's head is there,
its milked-over eye
wanting nothing, its
muddy beak closed.
I find a spine, too,
a licorice whip with one feather.
I water the lemon tree,
this accidental rest. (Please e-mail me back with any info)
2007-03-03
08:41:30
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