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The Little Mermaid
- The Missouri Review
- University of Missouri
- Volume 2, Number 1, Fall 1978
- p. 27
- 10.1353/mis.1978.0010
- Article
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Kathleen Noms 27 THE LITTLE MERMAID / Kathleen Norris Rocking herself; it is all, It is all, the little mermaid sings. Love-making, whispering In a field of grass and light In a prairie not unlike the sea She imagines herself: a two-legged dancer. She learns to use a telephone And to wait. For he is handsome In his father's fashion, A princely robe of dust In a prairie not unlike the sea. Drawing a kiss from air She kisses him And steps willingly On the witches' blade: In green velvet, her arms like seaweed, Great long ugly things. We know She will not dance But cry out On dry wind, Rocking herself: this life, This life. ...
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