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诗歌赏析:Bedtime Story

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  Bedtime Story

  by Wanda Coleman

  bed calls. i sit in the dark in the living room

  trying to ignore them

  in the morning, especially Sunday mornings

  it will not let me up. you must sleep

  longer, it says

  facing south

  the bed makes me lay heavenward on my back

  while i prefer a westerly fetal position

  facing the wall

  the bed sucks me sideways into it when i

  sit down on it to put on my shoes. this

  persistence on its part forces me to dress in

  the bathroom where things are less subversive

  the bed lumps up in anger springs popping out to

  scratch my dusky thighs

  my little office sits in the alcove adjacent to

  the bed. it makes strange little sighs

  which distract me from my work

  sadistically i pull back the covers

  put my typewriter on the sheet and turn it on

  the bed complains that i'm difficult duty

  its slats are collapsing. it bitches when i

  blanket it with books and papers. it tells me

  it's made for blood and bone

  lately spiders ants and roaches

  have invaded it searching for food

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