Poppies in July Flashcards
1
Q
Stanza 1
A
Little poppies, little hell flames,
Do you do no harm?
2
Q
Stanza 2
A
You flicker. I cannot touch you.
I put my hands among the flames. Nothing burns
3
Q
Stanza 3
A
And it exhausts me to watch you
Flickering like that, wrinkly and clear red, like the skin of a mouth
4
Q
Stanza 4
A
A mouth just bloodied.
Little bloody skirts!
5
Q
Stanza 5
A
There are fumes I cannot touch.
Where are your opiates, your nauseous capsules?
6
Q
Stanza 6
A
If I could bleed, or sleep!
If my mouth could marry a hurt like that!
7
Q
Stanza 7
A
Or your liquors seep to me, in this glass capsule,
Dulling and stilling.
8
Q
Stanza 8
A
But colorless. Colorless
