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And Ariel smiled at me,

whence · 2008-04-05T08:34:33Z

Written from the perspective of Ted Hughes, her husband, after her death. And Ariel smiled at me Tooth-marked cheek, ..... oh, so cheeked-- with pushing poles down wet velvet; There, riverside, was a tree. A tum-tum tree. and I, oh me, looked to the star in your eye, the east, and took its current to Innisfree. Left hell behind, with its tongues stuck in your jaw, pulling, pulling free. And Ariel smiled at me. Where we passed lime hills, that rolled to meet lime trees. Never was envy so pretty as then, when Ariel smiled at me. I could see through the Bell Jar, glass thick but fever-warm, and you stared and stared at me. And let the pills crawl past your teeth. Eight-legged and yellow, they laughed as they twisted the stuck-tongues free. The river bent up with your mouth, and you sank, sank past your feet. Sighed, and were sick, puked pink lungs, and I cried, cried, Oh Please. You begged me to let you sleep. I pillowed your head on an oven rack, and you sank to Innisfree. But, looking back, shook your head; and with a frown upside-down, you said, you said, 'You wouldn't know me from Eve.'

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Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:32 pm

Caligula's Launderette says... · Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:32 pm

Aw, Ed, you slay me. Sorry it took so long to review this.

I am going to be horribly unhelpful. Sorry about that.

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Ta,
Cal.

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Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:41 am

whence says... · Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:41 am

Cal, you're basically amazing XD.

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And Ariel smiled at me,

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