Cut - A poem by Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath - Cut

for Susan O'Neill Roe

What a thrill ----
My thumb instead of an onion.
The top quite gone
Except for a sort of hinge

Of skin,
A flap like a hat,
Dead white.
Then that red plush.

Little pilgrim,
The Indian's axed your scalp.
Your turkey wattle
Carpet rolls

Straight from the heart.
I step on it,
Clutching my bottle
Of pink fizz. A celebration, this is.
Out of a gap
A million soldiers run,
Redcoats, every one.

Whose side are they one?
O my
Homunculus, I am ill.
I have taken a pill to kill

The thin
Papery feeling.
Saboteur,
Kamikaze man ----

The stain on your
Gauze Ku Klux Klan
Babushka
Darkens and tarnishes and when
The balled
Pulp of your heart
Confronts its small
Mill of silence

How you jump ----
Trepanned veteran,
Dirty girl,
Thumb stump.

Added: on December 18th, 2009 at 3:11 PM | Viewed: 22939 times | Comments and analysis of Cut by Sylvia Plath Comments (32)

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Poet: Sylvia Plath (Sylvia Plath Art) Poem: Cut Volume: The Collected Poems Year: Published/Written in 1962 Comment 32 of 32, added on January 12th, 2010 at 1:48 PM. lol , so u r tryin to be racist now ? Anyway , i bet i look way better than u cud dream of. U suk btw adios sarthak from India Comment 31 of 32, added on December 28th, 2009 at 1:01 AM. okay dude what the hell kinda name is sarthak...so first off your probably really ugly so boo you and second how do you know what she went through in her life seriously just back off and get a life!! brinna from United States Comment 30 of 32, added on December 18th, 2009 at 3:11 PM. Guys , seriously , she doesn't deserve the fame she has. All you plath nerds, get a life guys. Study maths, physics , business , stuff that will help you. If you continue reading crap like this , you will end up with the same fate that plath did. You will become suicidal and will start seeing death everywhere. Trust me , she's not worth it. Just wish that she was alive so that i could kill her again. Adios sarthak from India More Comments >> Are you looking for more information on this poem? Perhaps you are trying to analyze it? The poem, Cut, has received 32 comments. Click here to read them, and perhaps post a comment of your own. Of course you can also always discuss poems by Sylvia Plath with others on the American Poems poetry forum!

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Poet: Sylvia Plath Poem: Cut Volume: The Collected Poems Year: Published/Written in 1962 Last read: Feb 10 2010, 1:44AM Viewed 22939 times. Added on December 18th, 2009 at 3:11 PM.

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