Eileen Myles Quote

When somebody's in love with you, they think it's amazing you've written them a poem, and when they don't love you anymore, they hate those poems. They wish those poems would go away.


The Paris Review, Issue 214, Fall 2015, The Art of Poetry No. 99


When somebody's in love with you, they think it's amazing you've written them a poem, and when they don't love you anymore, they hate those poems....

When somebody's in love with you, they think it's amazing you've written them a poem, and when they don't love you anymore, they hate those poems....

When somebody's in love with you, they think it's amazing you've written them a poem, and when they don't love you anymore, they hate those poems....

When somebody's in love with you, they think it's amazing you've written them a poem, and when they don't love you anymore, they hate those poems....