Priscilla Denise Levertov (Присцилла Дениз Левертов)

The Ache of Marriage

The ache of marriage:

thigh and tongue, beloved,   
are heavy with it,   
it throbs in the teeth

We look for communion
and are turned away, beloved,   
each and each

It is leviathan and we   
in its belly
looking for joy, some joy   
not to be known outside it

two by two in the ark of   
the ache of it.

1. Goodbye to Tolerance
2. At the Justice Department November 15, 1969
3. Городской псалом • City Psalm
4. Меррит-аллея • Merritt Parkway

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