The Gladdest Thing » Martha Baird http://thegladdestthing.com a poem a day, more or less Sat, 12 Jun 2010 03:57:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Do Not Make Things Too Easy http://thegladdestthing.com/poems/do-not-make-things-too-easy http://thegladdestthing.com/poems/do-not-make-things-too-easy#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 02:35:23 +0000 Michelle McGinnis http://thegladdestthing.com/poems/do-not-make-things-too-easy

Do not make things too easy.
There are rocks and abysses in the mind
As well as meadows.
There are things knotty and hard: intractable.
Do not talk to me of love and understanding.
I am sick of blandishments.
I want the rock to be met by a rock.
If I am vile, and behave hideously,
Do not tell me it was just a misunderstanding.

– Martha Baird

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