A Childish Prank
Man's and woman's bodies lay without souls,
Dully gaping, foolishly staring, inert
On the flowers of Eden.
God pondered.
The problem was so great, it dragged him asleep.
Crow laughed.
He bit the Worm, God's only son,
Into two writhing halves.
He stuffed into man the tail half
With the wounded end hanging out.
He stuffed the head half headfirst into woman
And it crept in deeper and up
To peer out through her eyes
Calling its tail-half to join up quickly, quickly
Because O it was painful.
Man awoke being dragged across the grass.
Woman awoke to see him coming.
Neither knew what had happened.
God went on sleeping.
Crow went on laughing.
Ted Hughes.
3 comentarios:
Didn't know it.
It's meanfull.
I must think of it... to "see" between lines.
xoxo
Ted Hughes was married to Sylvia Plath (of "The Bell Jar" fame), wasn't he?
The poem is magnific and yes he was married to Sylvia Plath.
The poem is meaningful and funny. Just read it loudly and you'll see.
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