Simon Armitage

14Feb09

You’re beautiful because when you were born, undiscovered planets line up to peep over the rim of your cradle and lay gifts of gravity and light at your miniature feet. I’m ugly for saying ‘love at first sight’ is another form of mistaken identity, and that the most human of all responses is to gloat. […]

Filed under: Uncategorized   |  1 Comment
Tags: book of matches, poet, poetry, Simon Armitage, you're beautiful