Intrusion
After I had cut off my hands
and grown new ones
something my former hands had longed for
came and asked to be rocked.
After my plucked out eyes
had withered, and new ones grown
something my former eyes had wept for
came asking to be pitied.
Copyright Credit: Denise Levertov, “Intrusion” from Poems 1968-1972. Copyright © 1972 by Denise Levertov. Reprinted with the permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation, www.wwnorton.com/nd/welcome.htm.
Source: Poems 1968-1972 (New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1972)