Butterfly Effect - ressourcesfeministes

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Greek
for Suzanne Bellamy
in homage to Virginia Woolf, 1882-1941, who yearned to read Greek
and HD, 1886-1961, who learned to read Greek
She listened to the birds singing in Greek
but she could not understand them
this girl who would change the shape
of English literature
I want to learn Greek, she said to her tutor
You can’t, he said, for two reasons
alpha: you’re too young
beta: you’re a girl
and so the birds sang on
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Years later she returned to the song of birds
to their healing sounds
if only she could go some place quiet
be looked after, listen to the birds
understand their speech
unstop her ears
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