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For breakups, heartache, and unrequited love. More “screw Cupid” than “Be mine.”
‘The friend’ by Marge Piercy explores an abusive relationship in which Piercy is subjugated under her male lover. Although she tries to make him happy, nothing is ever enough, with his language dominating the poem.
Marge Piercy. Poet, novelist, and essayist Marge Piercy was born in Detroit, Michigan, on March 31, 1936. She won a scholarship to the University of Michigan and was the first member of her family to attend college. She subsequently earned a master's degree from Northwestern University.
Marge Piercy (born March 31, 1936) is an American progressive activist, feminist, and writer. Her work includes Woman on the Edge of Time; He, She and It, which won the 1993 Arthur C. Clarke Award; and Gone to Soldiers, a New York Times Best Seller and a sweeping historical novel set during World War II.
I like to be loved, that makes me happy. Have you cut off your hands yet? Analysis, meaning and summary of Marge Piercy's poem The Friend.
The friend. We sat across the table. he said, cut off your hands. they are always poking at things. they might touch me. I said yes. Food grew cold on the table. he said, burn your body. it is not clean and smells like sex. it rubs my mind sore. I said yes.
The Friend. by Marge Piercy. We sat across the table. he said, cut off your hands. they are always poking at things. they might touch me. I said yes. Food grew cold on the table. he said, burn your body. it is not clean and smells like sex. it rubs my mind sore. I said yes.
