Hesitations Outside the Door (III) by Margaret Atwood, 1970


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    What do you want from me
    you who walk towards me over the long floor

  1. your arms outstretched, your heart
  2. luminous through the ribs

  3. around your head a crown
  4. of shining blood

    5. This is your castle, this is your metal door,
    these are your stairs, your

  5. bones, you twist all possible
  6. dimensions into your own