When man, enters woman, like the surf biting the shore, again and again, and the woman opens her mouth with pleasure and her teeth gleam like the alphabet, Logos appears milking a star, and the man inside of woman ties a knot so that they will never again be separate and the woman climbs into a flower and swallows its stem and Logos appears and unleashes their rivers. This man, this woman with their double hunger, have tried to reach through the curtain of God and briefly they have, though God in His perversity unties the knot.
You can find this poem in The Complete Poems by Anne Sexton.
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Anne Sexton gave a reading at my college in the 70's. She was a presence unlike anyone I'd encountered with her bright lipstick and her dark hair. A bold woman poet who seemed so confidant. This was the same year we lost her. This poem reflects the arc of her too short life.
Anne Sexton is one of a kind! Thank you for sharing this!!