Eileen Myles Poems

She's rubbing his shoulder
and he's reading about
Western birds. There's a scoop
of light just above my knee
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I am always hungry
& wanting to have
sex. This is a fact.
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I was born in Boston in
1949. I never wanted
this fact to be known, in
fact I've spent the better
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was when the
lights were
out
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Close to the
door in
my dream the
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Billie Holiday was on the radio
I was standing in the kitchen
smoking my cigarette of this
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You're like
a little fruit
you're like
a moon I want
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I was 6 and
I lost my snake.
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I have utmost
respect for you
but in that
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Roads around mountains
cause we can't drive
through
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