Animal Flesh

Famous quotes containing the words animal and/or flesh:

“... found myself
myself, smaller,
not thin but thinner, nervous,
who hurries without animal calm.”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

“Those groans men use
passing a woman on the street
or on the steps of the subway
to tell her she is a female
and their flesh knows it,
are they a sort of tune...?”
—Denise Levertov (b. 1923)