Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird
I
Among twenty snowy mountains,
The only moving thing Was the eye of the blackbird.
II
I was of three minds,
Like a tree In which there are three blackbirds.
III
The blackbird whirled in the autumn winds.
It was a small part of the pantomime.
IV
A man and a woman Are one.
A man and a woman and a blackbird Are one.
V
I do not know which to prefer,
The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes,
The blackbird whistling Or just after.
VI
Icicles filled the long window With barbaric glass.
The shadow of the blackbird Crossed it, to and fro.
The mood Traced in the shadow An indecipherable cause.
VII
On thin men of Haddam,
Why do you imagine golden birds?
Do you not see how the blackbird
Walks around the feet Of the women about you?
VIII
I know noble accents And lucid,
escapable rhythms;
But I know, too,
That the blackbird is involved In what I know.
IX
When the blackbird flew out of sight,
It marked the edge Of one of many circles.
X
At the sight of blackbirds Flying in a green light,
Even the bawds of euphony Would cry out sharply.
XI
He rode over Connecticut In a glass coach.
Once, a fear pierced him,
In that he mistook The shadow of his equipage For blackbirds.
XII
The river is moving. The blackbird must be flying.
XIII
It was evening all afternoon.
It was snowing And it was going to snow.
The blackbird sat In the cedar-limbs.
-Wallace Stevens
If you want a lover
Ill do anything you ask me to
And if you want another kind of love
Ill wear a mask for you
If you want a partner
Take my hand
Or if you want to strike me down in anger
Here I stand
Im your man
If you want a boxer
I will step into the ring for you
And if you want a doctor
Ill examine every inch of you
If you want a driver
Climb inside
Or if you want to take me for a ride
You know you can
Im your man
Ah, the moons too bright
The chains too tight
The beast wont go to sleep
Ive been running through these promises to you
That I made and I could not keep
Ah but a man never got a woman back
Not by begging on his knees
Or Id crawl to you baby
And Id fall at your feet
And Id howl at your beauty
Like a dog in heat
And Id claw at your heart
And Id tear at your sheet
Id say please, please
Im your man
And if youve got to sleep
A moment on the road
I will steer for you
And if you want to work the street alone
Ill disappear for you