Fleas Interest Me So Much
Fleas Interest Me So Much - meaning Summary
Curious Intimacy with Small Creatures
The poem observes fleas with amused fascination, treating their tiny bites as invitations to know another order of life. The speaker admires their precision, agility, and apparent indifference, imagining them as ancient, mechanical dancers. What begins as playful tolerance becomes a desire for intimacy and understanding: the poet wants to meet these creatures up close and learn what to trust in their mysterious, autonomous behavior.
Read Complete AnalysesFleas interest me so much that I let them bite me for hours. They are perfect, ancient, Sanskrit, machines that admit of no appeal. They do not bite to eat, they bite only to jump; they are the dancers of the celestial sphere, delicate acrobats in the softest and most profound circus; let them gallop on my skin, divulge their emotions, amuse themselves with my blood, but someone should introduce them to me. I want to know them closely, I want to know what to rely on.
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