Quilting: Poems 1987-1990
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"Clifton mythologizes herself: that is, she illuminates her surroundings and history from within in a way that casts light on much beyond."—Marilyn Hacker, The Women's Review of Bookseve's versionsmooth talkerslides into my dreamsand fills them with appleapple snug as my breastin the palm of my handapple sleek apple sweetand bright in my mouthit is your own lush selfyou hunger forhe whispers luciferhoney-tongue.
