The Exact Moment I became a Poet-Meehan Flashcards
1
Q
Attend
A
Attend to your books girls,or you’ll end up in the sewing factories
2
Q
robbed
A
robbed the labour of it’s dignity
3
Q
the teacher was
A
the teacher was right/and no one knows it like I do myself
4
Q
mothers,aunts,daughters
A
mothers,aunts,daughters/trussed like chickens on a conveyer belt
5
Q
words could pluck you
A
words could pluck you/leave you naked,your shiny little feathers gone
