A bitter sonnet

[redbird]

rozk has taken a break from translating Catullus, and given us "A Poem I Have Waited Thirty-One Years to Write.

It begins "She has been sick so long we forget how much/We hate her still…."

Comments

[serene]

I feel dumb for not knowing who the "she" is.

[anne]

Margaret Thatcher.

[serene]

Thank you.

[anne]

Imagine my disappointment to realize that she hasn't actually died.

[adrian_turtle]

Yeah, me too. The poem hit me hard enough that I thought I'd missed something, and went to check the news. (She was hospitalized this evening, but was not reported as critically ill.)

[roadnotes]

Same here. I remain hopeful for the near future, though.