Anne Sexton

Ariel—Vieux Carré Baby

“Never mind last diggings.
They don’t matter. What
matters is her poems.
These poems stun me.
They eat time.”
—Anne Sexton

Ariel—Vieux Carré baby
Svelte—French Quarter Lady
No wonder—you’re haughty

Power is pain—your
Poems—should stun
Not put—readers asleep

You have—these words
Critical—vocabularies
Cognizant—pussy

Encompassing—cleaving
Transgressing—us males
Amazingly—without coercion

Vieux Carré baby—brave
Nike poet—winged & beautiful

Help me—to be perfect too