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Слушать(AI)Aunt Jennifers Tigers
Aunt Jennifer’s tigers prance across a screen,
Bright topaz denizens of a world of green.
They do not fear the men beneath the tree;
They pace in sleek chivalric certainty.
Aunt Jennifer’s fingers fluttering through her
Find even the ivory needle hard to pull.
The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding
Sits heavily upon Aunt Jennifer’s hand.
When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will
Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.
The tigers in the panel that she
Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid.
Adrienne Rich
Adrienne Cecile Rich (May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012) was an American poet, essayist and feminist. She was called "one of the most widely read an
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