Margaret Atwood
Ottawa, Ontario
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A Sad Child
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You're sad because you're sad.
It's psychic. It's the age. It's chemical.
Go see a shrink or take a pill,
or hug your sadness like an eyeless doll
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It's psychic. It's the age. It's chemical.
Go see a shrink or take a pill,
or hug your sadness like an eyeless doll
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The Moment
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The moment when, after many years
of hard work and a long voyage
you stand in the centre of your room,
house, half-acre, square mile, island, country,
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of hard work and a long voyage
you stand in the centre of your room,
house, half-acre, square mile, island, country,
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You Fit Into Me
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You fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
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like a hook into an eye
a fish hook
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Variations On The Word Love
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This is a word we use to plug
holes with. It's the right size for those warm
blanks in speech, for those red heart-
shaped vacancies on the page that look nothing
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holes with. It's the right size for those warm
blanks in speech, for those red heart-
shaped vacancies on the page that look nothing
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Is/Not
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Love is not a profession
genteel or otherwise
sex is not dentistry
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genteel or otherwise
sex is not dentistry
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Helen Of Troy Does Countertop Dancing
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The world is full of women
who'd tell me I should be ashamed of myself
if they had the chance. Quit dancing.
Get some self-respect
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who'd tell me I should be ashamed of myself
if they had the chance. Quit dancing.
Get some self-respect
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This Is A Photograph Of Me
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It was taken some time ago
At first it seems to be
a smeared
print: blurred lines and grey flecks
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At first it seems to be
a smeared
print: blurred lines and grey flecks
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8.
Flying Inside Your Own Body
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Your lungs fill & spread themselves,
wings of pink blood, and your bones
empty themselves and become hollow.
When you breathe in you’ll lift like a balloon
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wings of pink blood, and your bones
empty themselves and become hollow.
When you breathe in you’ll lift like a balloon
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Bored
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All those times I was bored
out of my mind. Holding the log
while he sawed it. Holding
the string while he measured, boards,
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out of my mind. Holding the log
while he sawed it. Holding
the string while he measured, boards,
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More And More
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More and more frequently the edges
of me dissolve and I become
a wish to assimilate the world, including
you, if possible through the skin
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of me dissolve and I become
a wish to assimilate the world, including
you, if possible through the skin
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