Friday, September 19, 2014

The Jailer Comments

Rating: 4.5

My night sweats grease his breakfast plate.
The same placard of blue fog is wheeled into position
With the same trees and headstones.
Is that all he can come up with,
The rattler of keys?
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Sylvia Plath
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Spain Visitor 05 February 2019

Only by empathy can this poem be truly understood...but he did, did, did, do without her...he went away, she had her life. In the end, he was punished for the wrongful deeds done to her, haunted until his death and criticized for his actions. But you see, the most important part is...he went away.

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Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
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