She married the prince and all went well except for the fear — the fear of sleep. Briar Rose was an insomniac... She could not nap or lie in sleep w… - Anne Sexton

إنني الممثلة الوحيدة.
يصعب على امرأة أن تمثّل مسرحية كاملة .
المسرحية هي حياتي، فصلي الوحيد ..
ركضي وراء الأيدي وعجزي عن اللحاق بها (الأيدي غير مرئية لأنها خارج الخشبة ..) ا
وكل ما أفعله على الخشبة هو الركض، مطاردة شيء ما دون أن أصل أبداً ...

I am torn in two
but I will conquer myself.
I will dig up the pride.
I will take scissors
and cut out the beggar.
I will take a crowbar
and pry out the broken
pieces of God in me.
Just like a jigsaw puzzle,
I will put Him together again
with the patience of a chess player.

How many pieces?

It feels like thousands,
God dressed up like a whore
in a slime of green algae.
God dressed up like an old man
staggering out of His shoes.
God dressed up like a child,
all naked,
even without skin,
soft as an avocado when you peel it.
And others, others, others.

But I will conquer them all
and build a whole nation of God
in me - but united,
build a new soul,
dress it with skin
and then put on my shirt
and sing an anthem,
a song of myself.

Poems reach me, and hold me, and give me pleasure.