You hate me,
And I hate you,
And we are so polite, we two.
But whenever I see you,
I burst apart,
and scatter the sky with
My blazing heart.
It splits and sparkles in
Stars and balls
Buds into roses and -
Flares and falls
Scarlet buttons and plae green disks
Silver spirals adn asterisks
Shoot and tremble in a mist
Peppered with mauve adn amethyst
I shine in the windows
and light up the trees,
And all because I hate you,
If you please.
And when you meet me,
You rend asunder
And go up in a flaming wonder
Of saffron cubes,
And crismon moons
and wheels all amarunths
and maroons.
Golden lozenges and spades,
Arrows of malachites and jade
Patens of copper, azures heaves
As you mount,
you flash in the glossy leaves
Such fireworks as we make,
We two,
Because you hate me,
And I hate you.
-Amy Lowell
And I hate you,
And we are so polite, we two.
But whenever I see you,
I burst apart,
and scatter the sky with
My blazing heart.
It splits and sparkles in
Stars and balls
Buds into roses and -
Flares and falls
Scarlet buttons and plae green disks
Silver spirals adn asterisks
Shoot and tremble in a mist
Peppered with mauve adn amethyst
I shine in the windows
and light up the trees,
And all because I hate you,
If you please.
And when you meet me,
You rend asunder
And go up in a flaming wonder
Of saffron cubes,
And crismon moons
and wheels all amarunths
and maroons.
Golden lozenges and spades,
Arrows of malachites and jade
Patens of copper, azures heaves
As you mount,
you flash in the glossy leaves
Such fireworks as we make,
We two,
Because you hate me,
And I hate you.
-Amy Lowell
