First Memory by Louise Glück

Louise Glück

First Memory by Louise Glück

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First Memory

Louise Glück

Long ago, I was wounded. I lived

to revenge myself

against my father, not

for what he was—

for what I was: from the beginning of time,

in childhood, I thought

that pain meant

I was not loved.

It meant I loved.

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