Tuesday 21 September 2010

"Oh, I'll show you misogyny."

The feelings I don't have, I don't have.
The feelings I don't have, I won't say I have.
The feelings you say you have, you don't have.
The feelings you would like us both to have, we neither of us have.

The feelings people ought to have, they never have.
If people say they've got feelings, you may be pretty sure they haven't got them.

So if you want either of us to feel anything at all,
You'd better abandon all idea of feelings altogether.
[D. H. Lawrence, "To Women, As Far As I'm Concerned."]

3 comments:

Ramocheese said...

Post more poetry.
I'm sure your mother would approve.

Leonard Miller said...

Reading Mr Lawrence at the moment and am finding him most enjoyable.

Anonymous said...

Thank you