Harassed Heathcliff

Harassed Heathcliff
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“And I am the cargo
Of a coffin attended by swallows.
And I am the water
Bearing the coffin that will not be silent.”
—Ted Hughes
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Sylvia Plath kept—
Haunting Heathcliff
All the way to his last
Book “Birthday Letters”

She haunted him—
On the London busses
She skulked thru his
Uneasy nightly dreams
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Taking a bath once—
Testing the water with
His big toe—BINGO!!!
There she was again

Poor Heathcliff—
Haunted by Sylvia,
The Feminists & the
Lesbos Libers as well
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No wonder Heathcliff—
Was so snotty & snide
Overly sensitive about
The littlest things

Getting all upset—
Over Sylvia’s poem
“The Rabbit Catcher”
For some queer reason