Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Love Is Like

Love is like
a box of chocolates given
to you by a Nazi war doctor
who has filled
half of them with ground glass.
You may suffer unspeakably;
you may experience
brief gratification.

2 comments:

Maja said...

I just discovered your blog (thank you, Facebook) and I am SO EXCITED to read some Mary Elder poems once again. You are so very talented. I will be checking this site obsessively from now on...

krys.brezinski said...

I very much agree with the sentiment, and am impressed once again by the beautiful way in which you express it.