A Pity, We Were Such a Good Invention
A Pity, We Were Such a Good Invention - meaning Summary
Love as Fragile Invention
The poem depicts a relationship broken apart by external forces, likening those who separate the lovers to surgeons and engineers. The speaker frames the couple as a carefully made "invention": a married aeroplane with wings, briefly hovering and even flying. The tone mixes regret and wonder, emphasizing both the constructedness of the union and its fragile, transient joy before disassembly.
Read Complete AnalysesThey amputated Your thighs off my hips. As far as I'm concerned They are all surgeons. All of them. They dismantle us Each from the other. As far as I'm concerned They are all engineers. All of them. A pity. We were such a good And loving invention. An aeroplane made from a man and wife. Wings and everything. We hovered a little above the earth. We even flew a little.
TRANSLATED BY ASSIA GUTMANN
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