No-one explains me because
There is nothing to explain.
It’s all right here
Very clear.
O for my reputations sake
To be difficult and opaque!
No-one explains me because
Though myopic, I see plain.
I just put it down
With a leer and a frown…
Why does it make you sweat?
Is this the thanks I get?
No-one explains me because
There are tears in my bawdy song.
Once I am dead
Something will be said.
How nice I won’t be here
To see how they get it wrong.
(Carolyn Kizer)
More Poetry from Carolyn Kizer:
- The Intruder (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
- The Ungrateful Garden (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
- Mud Soup (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
- On a Line From Valery (Gulf War) (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
- On a Line from Valéry (The Gulf War) (Carolyn Kizer Poem)
- Parent's Pantoum (Carolyn Kizer Poems)