Erica Jong - For My Husband

Erica Jong - For My Husband

You sleep in the darkness, br you with the back I love br & the gift of sleeping br through my noisy nights of poetry. br br I have taken other men into my thoughts br since I met you. br I have loved parts of them. br But only you sleep on through the darkness br like a mountain where my house is planted, br like a rock on which my temple stands, br like a great dictionary holding every word- br even some br I have never spoken. br br You breathe. br The pages of your dreams are riffled br by the winds of my writing. br The pillow creases your cheek br as I cover pages. br br Element in which I swim br or fly, br silent muse, backbone, companion- br it is unfashionable br to confess to marriage- br yet I feel no bondage br in this air we share.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-10

Duration: 01:09

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