Buying The Whore - A poem by Anne Sexton


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Anne Sexton - Buying The Whore

You are the roast beef I have purchased
and I stuff you with my very own onion.

You are a boat I have rented by the hour
and I steer you with my rage until you run aground.

You are a glass that I have paid to shatter
and I swallow the pieces down with my spit.

You are the grate I warm my trembling hands on,
searing the flesh until it's nice and juicy.

You stink like my Mama under your bra
and I vomit into your hand like a jackpot
its cold hard quarters.

Added: on April 3rd, 2007 at 9:54 PM | Viewed: 12428 times | Comments and analysis of Buying The Whore by Anne Sexton Comments (10)

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Poet: Anne Sexton (Anne Sexton Art) Poem: Buying The Whore Poem of the Day: Jul 15 2007 Comment 10 of 10, added on June 9th, 2008 at 7:40 AM. I can't believe I have to do a report on this woman, poetry scares me enough as it is but this stuff TERRIFIES me!!! Vasiliy from Moldova Comment 9 of 10, added on July 27th, 2007 at 4:37 AM. how wonderful is this poem and how it describes the miserability of human condition, specially whores when they are submitted to evil.... islander from France Comment 8 of 10, added on April 3rd, 2007 at 9:54 PM. I can't understand the last sentence.Who can explain it for me? more from China More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Buying The Whore, has received 10 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Anne Sexton with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Anne Sexton Poem: Buying The Whore Last read: Dec 2 2009, 6:43PM Poem of the Day: Jul 15 2007 Viewed 12428 times. Added on April 3rd, 2007 at 9:54 PM.

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