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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LITTLE EGO, by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG Poet's Biography First Line: You mustn't smile when I stroke your hair Last Line: Well, what are you smiling at now? Subject(s): Egoism & Egotism; Hair | |||
You mustn't smile when I stroke your hair, not yours to be proud of, this hair isn't yours: If your mother hadn't liked your father, your two grandmothers your two grandfathers, your four great-grandmothers your four great-grandfathers, your eight great-great-grandmothers your eight great-great-grandfathers: well: when you grow up, and you like a boy, and you two grow down, you two have a child: and that child a child, that child a child, child a child, child a great-great-great-great-great-great-grandchild: well, what are you smiling at now? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PORTRAIT WITH BROWN HAIR by DONALD JUSTICE OPENING HER JEWEL BOX by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THE BLONDE SONATA by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS THE SONG CALLED HIS HIDE IS COVERED WITH HAIR by HILAIRE BELLOC THE WOMEN WITH FABLED HAIR by MADELINE DEFREES DECRYPTING THE MESSAGE by EDWARD FIELD FESTOONS OF FISHES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG PEEWEE by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG ..... AND WHITE THE WHITE INVOKES by ALFRED FRANCIS KREYMBORG |
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