Punishment Flashcards

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1
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Recall the first stanza:

I can feel the tug

A

I can feel the tug
of the halter at the nape
of her neck, the wind
on her naked front.

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Recall the second stanza:

It blows her nipples

A

It blows her nipples
to amber beads,
it shakes the frail rigging
of her ribs.

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Recall the third stanza:

I can see her drowned

A

I can see her drowned
body in the bog,
the weighing stone,
the floating rods and boughs.

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Recall the fourth stanza:

Under which at first

A

Under which at first
she was a barked sapling
that is dug up
oak-bone, brain-firkin:

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Recall the fifth stanza:

her shaved head

A

her shaved head
like a stubble of black corn,
her blindfold a soiled bandage,
her noose a ring

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Q

Recall the sixth stanza:

to store

A

to store
the memories of love.
Little adulteress,
before they punished you

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Recall the seventh stanza:

you were flaxen-haired

A

you were flaxen-haired,
undernourished, and your
tar-black face was beautiful.
My poor scapegoat,

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Recall the eighth stanza:

I almost love you

A

I almost love you
but would have cast, I know,
the stones of silence.
I am the artful voyeuur

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Recall the ninth stanza:

of your brain’s exposed

A

of your brain’s exposed
and darkened combs,
your muscles’ webbing
and all your numbered bones:

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10
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Recall the tenth stanza:

I who have stood dumb

A

I who have stood dumb
when your betraying sisters,
cauled in tar,
wept by the railings,

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Recall the eleventh stanza:

who would connive

A

who would connive
in civilized outrage
yet understand the exact
and tribal, intimate revenge

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