Thalidomide Poets

Thalidomide Poets
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“O half moon—”
—Sylvia Plath
“Thalidomide”
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Half-moon half-brained—
Spastic monstrosity idiots
Appalling hunchback poets

Knuckles deep in their
Shoulder-blades, women
Get off on their naked humps
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The Order of Merit—
Awarded to your crummy
Chartres Cathedral drag

Swinging fro bell-rope—
To clanging bell-rope
Your boyish gargoyle grin