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I, the worst of all.
The wonderful Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.
last modified Mar 19, 2004 at 14:23
from "My Divine Lysi"
So, when I call you mine
I have no pretense
That all will think you are mine.
It means only that I want to be yours.
...
Finally, I plead guilty
Of adoring you;
If you wish to punish me
That punishment will be my reward.
from "Happy Easter, My Lady"
Truly, my sweet love,
I do not exaggerate:
Without you, even my own speech
Seems foreign to me.
For the wanting of you
Exceeds all the torture
That cruelty abetted by skill
Could invent.
...
Because the cycle of years and Easters
Are alike,
For all of us
Easter is a renewal.
1. Kindred spirits: the literature of romantic friendship
2. A man trapped in a woman's body: the lit. of sexual inversion
3. Carnivorous flowers: lit. of exotic and evil lesbians
4. In the closet: lit. of lesbian encoding
5. Amazons: lit. of lesbian feminism
6. Flowerings: post-lesbian-feminist literature
Yes! I love that movie!
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