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Contusion by Sylvia Plath

12/4/2008 3:45:47 PM

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Sylvia Plath
(1932 - 1963 / America)

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Contusion

Color floods to the spot, dull purple.
The rest of the body is all washed-out,
The color of pearl.

In a pit of a rock
The sea sucks obsessively,
One hollow thw whole sea's pivot.

The size of a fly,
The doom mark
Crawls down the wall.

The heart shuts,
The sea slides back,
The mirrors are sheeted.

Sylvia Plath

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tearsofblood13 ♥ you! (9/6/2007 1:10:00 PM)
This is brilliant... and to think, she's considered a classic poet, and I actually like her work! That's fairly rare for me, I prefer the more modern poetry usually. I love this poem....

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