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Jealousy
by Rupert Brooke
When I see you, who were so wise and cool,
Gazing with silly sickness on that fool
You've given your love to, your adoring hands
Touch his so intimately that each understands,
I know, most hidden things; and when I know
Your holiest dreams yield to the stupid bow
Of his red lips, and that the empty grace
Of those strong legs and arms, that rosy face,
Has beaten your heart to such a flame of love,
That you have given him every touch and move,
Wrinkle and secret of you, all your life,
-- Oh! then I know I'm waiting, lover-wife,
For the great time when love is at a close,
And all its fruit's to watch the thickening nose
And sweaty neck and dulling face and eye,
That are yours, and you, most surely, till you die!
Day after day you'll sit with him and note
The greasier tie, the dingy wrinkling coat;
As prettiness turns to pomp, and strength to fat,
And love, love, love to habit!
And after that,
When all that's fine in man is at an end,
And you, that loved young life and clean, must tend
A foul sick fumbling dribbling body and old,
When his rare lips hang flabby and can't hold
Slobber, and you're enduring that worst thing,
Senility's queasy furtive love-making,
And searching those dear eyes for human meaning,
Propping the bald and helpless head, and cleaning
A scrap that life's flung by, and love's forgotten, --
Then you'll be tired; and passion dead and rotten;
And he'll be dirty, dirty!
O lithe and free
And lightfoot, that the poor heart cries to see,
That's how I'll see your man and you! --
But you, Oh, when THAT time comes, you'll be dirty too!
Review in Poem by Dexter
Love and hate, black and white governing emotions,
Passion fuels emotion, lost affection scars the psyche,
Physical pain easier to define, to heal
Loyalty spat on, a loss of companionship to youthful desire.
An investment of truth denied, a tender touch rejected
A vacant back lot parks the lines of communication,
All the while, the heart controls actions,
The pumping organ of intercourse disintegrates.
The abandoned soul reacts,
Ironically destroying the vessel shell, not the sin.
Consumed morality, obsessive damage in the mirror,
What is remains is a lonely, depressed essence.
by Rupert Brooke
Rupert Brooke (1887 – 1915)
When I see you, who were so wise and cool,
Gazing with silly sickness on that fool
You've given your love to, your adoring hands
Touch his so intimately that each understands,
I know, most hidden things; and when I know
Your holiest dreams yield to the stupid bow
Of his red lips, and that the empty grace
Of those strong legs and arms, that rosy face,
Has beaten your heart to such a flame of love,
That you have given him every touch and move,
Wrinkle and secret of you, all your life,
-- Oh! then I know I'm waiting, lover-wife,
For the great time when love is at a close,
And all its fruit's to watch the thickening nose
And sweaty neck and dulling face and eye,
That are yours, and you, most surely, till you die!
Day after day you'll sit with him and note
The greasier tie, the dingy wrinkling coat;
As prettiness turns to pomp, and strength to fat,
And love, love, love to habit!
And after that,
When all that's fine in man is at an end,
And you, that loved young life and clean, must tend
A foul sick fumbling dribbling body and old,
When his rare lips hang flabby and can't hold
Slobber, and you're enduring that worst thing,
Senility's queasy furtive love-making,
And searching those dear eyes for human meaning,
Propping the bald and helpless head, and cleaning
A scrap that life's flung by, and love's forgotten, --
Then you'll be tired; and passion dead and rotten;
And he'll be dirty, dirty!
O lithe and free
And lightfoot, that the poor heart cries to see,
That's how I'll see your man and you! --
But you, Oh, when THAT time comes, you'll be dirty too!
Review in Poem by Dexter
Love and hate, black and white governing emotions,
Passion fuels emotion, lost affection scars the psyche,
Physical pain easier to define, to heal
Loyalty spat on, a loss of companionship to youthful desire.
An investment of truth denied, a tender touch rejected
A vacant back lot parks the lines of communication,
All the while, the heart controls actions,
The pumping organ of intercourse disintegrates.
The abandoned soul reacts,
Ironically destroying the vessel shell, not the sin.
Consumed morality, obsessive damage in the mirror,
What is remains is a lonely, depressed essence.
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