“Arranging a bowl of flowers in the morning sun can give a sense of quiet in a crowded day - like writing a poem, or saying a prayer.”
“But she would wake in the morning one day and feel her blood running, feel herself lying open like a flower unsheathed in the sun, insistent and potent with demand.”
“Because horror on Earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.”
“I like the posture, but not the yoga. I like the inebriated morning, but not the opium. I like the flower but not the garden, the moment but not the dream. Quiet, my love. Be still. I am sleeping.”
“or that writing a poem you can read to no oneis like dancing in the dark.”
“Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-haired child.”