Alfonsina Storni’s Final Poem: “I Am Going to Sleep”
by Alfonsina Storni
Teeth of flowers, hairnet of dew,
hands of herbs, you, perfect wet nurse,
prepare the earthly sheets for me
and the down quilt of weeded moss.
I am going to sleep, my nurse, put me to bed.
Set a lamp at my headboard;
a constellation; whatever you like;
all are good: lower it a bit.
Leave me alone: you hear the buds breaking through...
a celestial foot rocks you from above
and a bird traces a pattern for you so you'll forget...
Thank you.
Oh, one request:
If he telephones again
tell him not to keep trying
for I have left...
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Alfonsina Storni, a prominent Argentine poet and feminist figure of the early 20th century.