āŖĀ Ā Ā Ā š“š¶šµš¶š³š¶š®š¼š¬ šØš» š šØ.š“Ā Ā . Ā Ā ( Ā a Ā seriesĀ of Ā sentenceĀ starters Ā fromĀ sylviaĀ plathāsĀ ā the collected poems ā . Ā adjust Ā phrasing Ā as Ā necessary .)
my mendings itch . Ā thereās nothing to do .
what ceremony of words can patch the havoc ?
stop crying .Ā open your hand .
it is a terrible thing ,Ā to be so open .
i am too pure for you or anyone .
itās easy to blame the dark .
how free it is ,Ā you have no idea how free .
it must be one or the other of us .
it was a kind of marriage ,Ā being so close .
i couldnāt sleep for a week .
it is comfortable ,Ā for a change ,Ā to mean so little.
your room is lousy with flowers .
now i resemble a sort of god .
nobody can tell what i lack .
i suppose itās pointless to think of you at all .
i can stay awake all night ,Ā if need be .
this is not what i meant .
i canāt get it out of my mind .
when you kick me out ,Ā thatās what iāll remember .
i wasnāt fooled .Ā i knew you at once .
if the moon smiled ,Ā she would resemble you .
your clear eye is the one absolutely beautiful thing .
i do not trust the spirit .
one day ,Ā it wonāt come back .
they will wonder if i was important .
oh god ,Ā i am not like you .
there is no stopping it .
we have come so far ,Ā itās over .
tonight will be ,Ā in every respect ,Ā like every other night .
thatās how you always talk before we start .
if i didnāt trust you at this ,Ā i wouldnāt trust myself .
at least i feel less dread of the world beyond ours .
i admit it :Ā iām afraid .
i dreamed of doing it ,Ā and now itās done .
what manner of business are you on ?
perhaps youāve late quitted heaven ?
sugar can cure everything .
is there no way out of the mind ?
there are no trees or birds in this world .
this is what i am made of ,Ā this and terror .
why is it so quiet ,Ā what are they hiding ?
this is what it is to be complete .
is he wearing pajamas or an evening suit ?
the police love you ,Ā you confess everything .
is my life so intriguing ?
where are you going that you suck breath like mileage ?
you flicker .Ā i cannot touch you .
if i could bleed ,Ā or sleep !Ā if my mouth could marry a hurt like that !
what did they know that i didnāt ?
you say you canāt stand her .
iām doped and thick from my last sleeping pill .
weāre here on a visit .
where do you stash your knife ?
what sort of scenery is it ?
pure ?Ā what does it mean ?
right now you are dumb ,Ā and i love your stupidity .
i know why you wonāt give it to me .Ā youāre terrified .
is it impossible for you to let something go and have it whole ?
must you kill what you can ?
there is one thing i want today ,Ā and only you can give it to me .
do away with it altogether .
are you our sort of person ?
i have always been scared of you .
i didnāt call you .Ā i didnāt call you at all .
there is nothing between us .
seven hours knocked out of my right mind .
i am myself .Ā that is not enough .
i dream of someone else entirely .
we should meet in another life .
you know what lies are for .
dying is an art ,Ā like everything else .
do not accept it .Ā itās not genuine .
eternity bores me ,Ā i never wanted it .