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Ai poetry

moonunit39
New Member

since 1999-11-28

Posts 3
St. Louis, Mo USA

0 posted 1999-11-28 05:07 PM

Has anyone read any Ai poetry? I'm having a problem understanding this one:

"Cruelty"

The hoof-marks on the dead wildcat
gleam in the dark.
You are naked, as you drag it up on the porch.
That won't work either.
Drinking ice water hasn't,
nor having the bedsprings snap fingers
to help us keep rhythm.
I've never once felt anything
that might get close. Can't you see?
The think I want most is hard,
running toward my own teeth
and it bites back.

Please help me understand this poem.
Carly Issitt
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jenni
Member

since 1999-09-11

Posts 478
Washington D.C.

1 posted 1999-11-28 09:35 PM

what is Ai poetry???

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