Mad Girl's Love Song
Mad Girl's Love Song
Sylvia Plath
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I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead;
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I lift my lids and all is born again.
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(I think I made you up inside my head.)
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The stars go waltzing out in blue and red,
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And arbitrary blackness gallops in:
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I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
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I dreamed that you bewitched me into bed
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And sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.
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(I think I made you up inside my head.)
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God topples from the sky, hell's fires fade:
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Exit seraphim and Satan's men:
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I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
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I fancied you'd return the way you said,
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But I grow old and I forget your name.
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(I think I made you up inside my head.)
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I should have loved a thunderbird instead;
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At least when spring comes they roar back again.
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I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead.
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(I think I made you up inside my head.)
About the Author
Sylvia Plath
1932 - 1963, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for her two published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems and Ariel, as well as The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death. Plath's work often dealt with themes of death, rebirth, and psychological trauma, drawing from her own struggles with depression and mental illness. Her intensely personal and emotionally charged poetry has made her one of the most studied and influential poets of the 20th century.
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