Francesca Lia Block Quote

How to (un)cage a girllonger hair bigger breasts smoother skinflatter stomach whiter teeth smaller noseif you worry enough you won't have timeor energy to seewhat really iswhat could i have learnedif i didn't live here in this cell?where could i have flown?how would i have grown?if i forgave this shell?oh, my bodylet me cradle you like my girl'sher long limbs spilling overor folding up like silkher gold-tinged curlsringleting my fingersher eyes the blue of sorrowand hyacinthoh, my bodywhen you are at peacerocked here to sleepas if by a motheras if by a loverwho sees your flushed skinthe grace that you're inthe gleam of your hairthe green of your starethen this soul can fly offto understand pyramids and timehistoryelectricitytechnologysymbologythat all of us are onethat all of us are love