A poem about getting out of the box....
Siren Song This is the one song everyonewould like to learn: the songthat is irresistible: the song that forces mento leap overboard in squadronseven though they see beached skulls the song nobody knowsbecause anyone who had heard itis dead, and the others can’t remember. Shall I tell you the secretand if I do, will you get meout of this bird suit? I don’t enjoy it heresquatting on this islandlooking picturesque and mythical with these two feathery maniacs, I don’t enjoy singingthis trio, fatal and valuable. I will tell the secret to you,to you, only to you.Come closer. This song is a cry for help: Help me!Only you, only you can,you are unique at last. Alasit is a boring songbut it works every time.
Siren Song
This is the one song everyonewould like to learn: the songthat is irresistible:
the song that forces mento leap overboard in squadronseven though they see beached skulls
the song nobody knowsbecause anyone who had heard itis dead, and the others can’t remember.
Shall I tell you the secretand if I do, will you get meout of this bird suit?
I don’t enjoy it heresquatting on this islandlooking picturesque and mythical
with these two feathery maniacs, I don’t enjoy singingthis trio, fatal and valuable.
I will tell the secret to you,to you, only to you.Come closer. This song
is a cry for help: Help me!Only you, only you can,you are unique
at last. Alasit is a boring songbut it works every time.
Margaret Atwood, “Siren Song” from Selected Poems 1965-1975. Copyright © 1974, 1976 by Margaret Atwood. Reprinted with the permission of the author and Houghton Mifflin Company.
A poem about getting out of the box....
Margaret Atwood, “Siren Song” from Selected Poems 1965-1975. Copyright © 1974, 1976 by Margaret Atwood. Reprinted with the permission of the author and Houghton Mifflin Company.