[Poetry Month] Relax by Ellen Bass

[disarm_d]

Relax by Ellen Bass

Bad things are going to happen.
Your tomatoes will grow a fungus
and your cat will get run over.
Someone will leave the bag with the ice cream
melting in the car and throw
your blue cashmere sweater in the drier.
Your husband will sleep
with a girl your daughter’s age, her breasts spilling
out of her blouse. Or your wife
will remember she

Comments

[fitofpique]

Oh, this one is so powerful, definitely one of my all-time favourites. Have you read The Thing Is, by the same poet? She is amazing!

[disarm_d]

I feel like saying that I have read it, but then I'm like, "laura, did you actually read it before or did you read it JUST NOW?" Either way, thank you for the link, that's such an amazing poem! ♥

[disarm_d]

Yay, fantastic! I'm glad that it happened to be something you hadn't read, ♥

[moulted_feather]

thank you for this ♥

[disarm_d]

♥!