We Go Out Together In The Staring Town Poem by Kenneth Patchen
We Go Out Together In The Staring Town
We go out together into the staring town
And buy cheese and bread and little jugs with
flowered labels
Everywhere is a tent where we put on our whirling
show
A great deal has been said of the handless serpents
Which war has set loose in the gay milk of our
heads
But because you braid your hair and taste like
honey of heaven
We go together into town to buy wine and
yellow candles.
I wonder why everyone was staring, war is a focus point, 'we put on our whirling show' could be a metaphor for live fast as dying young; I would be interested in the background context of this poem.
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Wine and yellow candles. Thanks for sharing this poem with us.
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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6/17/2025 11:20:42 AM # 1.0.0
Well expressed thoughts and feeling. An insightful work of art written with conviction.