Pansies (Lawrence)/Elderly Discontented Women
ELDERLY DISCONTENTED WOMEN
Elderly discontented women ask for intimate companionship,
by which they mean more talk, talk, talk
especially about themselves and their own feelings.
by which they mean more talk, talk, talk
especially about themselves and their own feelings.
Elderly discontented women are so full of themselves
they have high blood-pressure and almost burst.
they have high blood-pressure and almost burst.
It is as if modern women had all got themselves on the brain
and that sent the blood rushing to the surface of the body
and driving them around in frenzied energy
stampeding over everybody,
while their hearts become absolutely empty,
and their voices are like screw-drivers
as they try to screw everybody else down with their will.
and that sent the blood rushing to the surface of the body
and driving them around in frenzied energy
stampeding over everybody,
while their hearts become absolutely empty,
and their voices are like screw-drivers
as they try to screw everybody else down with their will.