Sunday, March 15, 2026

Anti-Love Poem — Grace Paley


Sometimes you don't want to love the person you love
You turn your face away from that face
whose eyes lips might make you give up anger
forget insult     steal sadness of not wanting
to love    turn away then turn away     at breakfast
in the evening don't lift your eyes from the paper
to see that face in all its seriousness a 
sweetness of concentration     he holds his book
in his hand    the hard-knuckled winter wood-
scarred fingers    turn away     that's all you can
do old as you are to save yourself from love











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