{"id":5616,"date":"2007-05-17T12:38:00","date_gmt":"2007-05-17T07:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=984"},"modified":"2007-05-17T12:38:00","modified_gmt":"2007-05-17T07:08:00","slug":"at-night-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/at-night-alone\/","title":{"rendered":"At night, alone\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lalbadshah.blogspot.com\/\" title=\"Lalbadhshah\">Lalbadhshah<\/a> sends me a link to a lovely poem by Anne Sexton, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.famouspoetsandpoems.com\/poets\/anne_sexton\/poems\/18169\" title=\"The Ballad Of The Lonely Masturbator\">The Ballad Of The Lonely Masturbator<\/a>&#8221;. I can&#8217;t help but quote this particularly sharp excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The boys and girls are one tonight.<br \/>\nThey unbutton blouses. They unzip flies.<br \/>\nThey take off shoes. They turn off the light.<br \/>\nThe glimmering creatures are full of lies.<br \/>\nThey are eating each other. They are overfed.<br \/>\nAt night, alone, I marry the bed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Marrying the bed, I would humbly submit, is better than <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/aishwarya-rai-to-marry-tree.html\" title=\"Aishwarya Rai to marry a tree\">marrying a tree<\/a>. Or is it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lalbadshah.blogspot.com\/\" title=\"Lalbadhshah\">Lalbadhshah<\/a> sends me a link to a lovely poem by Anne Sexton, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.famouspoetsandpoems.com\/poets\/anne_sexton\/poems\/18169\" title=\"The Ballad Of The Lonely Masturbator\">The Ballad Of The Lonely Masturbator<\/a>&#8221;. I can&#8217;t help but quote this particularly sharp excerpt:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The boys and girls are one tonight.<br \/>\nThey unbutton blouses. They unzip flies.<br \/>\nThey take off shoes. They turn off the light.<br \/>\nThe glimmering creatures are full of lies.<br \/>\nThey are eating each other. They are overfed.<br \/>\nAt night, alone, I marry the bed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Marrying the bed, I would humbly submit, is better than <a href=\"http:\/\/indiauncut.blogspot.com\/2006\/12\/aishwarya-rai-to-marry-tree.html\" title=\"Aishwarya Rai to marry a tree\">marrying a tree<\/a>. 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