HARASSED HEATHCLIFF-JONES

“And I am the cargo

Of a coffin attended by swallows.

And I am the water

Bearing the coffin that will not be silent.”

—Ted Hughes

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Poor Ted Hughes—

Haunted like Heathcliff

All because of Sylvia's last

Book of poetry "Ariel"

Sylvia haunted him—

On the London busses

She skulked thru his—

Uneasy nightly dreams

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Taking a bath once—

Testing the water

With with his big toe—

BINGO!!! there she was again!

Tweeking poor Heathcliff—

Right there on his ass!!!

Did Stephen Jones feel—

That way about Louisa Jones?

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No wonder Heathcliff—

and Jones were so alike?

Overly sensitive about—

The littlest city things

Getting all upset—

Over giving up his ranch

Crummy Kansas City—

just wasn't his cup of tea

Midwestern Noir