“I’ve been abandoned out here
under the dry stars
with no shoes, no belt
and I’ve called Rescue Inc. -
that old fashioned hot line -
no voice.
Left to my own lips, touch them,
my own dumb eyes, touch them
It makes me laugh
to see a woman in this condition
It makes me laugh for America and New York City
when your hands are cut off
and no one answers the phone”
- From Anne Sexton, The Fury of Abandonment
