The corruption begins with the mouth,
the tongue, the wanting.
The first poem in the world
is I want to eat.
Erica Jong, from “Where It Begins,” Fruits & Vegetables: Poems By Erica Jong (Holt, 1971)
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The corruption begins with the mouth,
the tongue, the wanting.
The first poem in the world
is I want to eat.
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