"Footnote on the presence of the body in art
If the poem is a presentation of the body, then it is
a by-form of narcissistic display; being a female poet is like being an
actress or a nightclub singer.
Lord lord. Cant I be something else? Like a construction worker?
Though as soon as I say that though I think 'no'.
'I want to be the perfect prostitiute - seductive, dexterous, skilled and
able to please. And have every valuable out of your pocket before you wake
up.
I never loved you anyway rememember?'
(so it seems AD has a point?!)
The hot
spectrum between narcissism and shame accounts for a disproportionate share
of failure in poetry.
and might be precisely where it is possible to intervene with a practice?
(At least it is interesting, unlike the idea of separating language from
grammar, or mind from body!)
Liz
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