I hesitate to clarify too much . . . I'm not sure how the screaming-in-the-shower part works for an uninitiated reader now that I've changed it from "We want the fourth of us," which sounded better but produced unnecessarily labyrinthine interpretations. I do like the ambiguity between "We want someone to scream at us" and "We want someone to scream because he's having sex."
The curls are leaves, but also lushness, and waste. I think I read less of the age symbolism than you do, and more about claustrophobia vs. freedom. (Hothouse plants?)
My English prof got two couples out of this poem, which I find hilarious, but also somewhat odd in that it really ought to be about *not* having sex.
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Date: 2003-03-12 09:49 am (UTC)The curls are leaves, but also lushness, and waste. I think I read less of the age symbolism than you do, and more about claustrophobia vs. freedom. (Hothouse plants?)
My English prof got two couples out of this poem, which I find hilarious, but also somewhat odd in that it really ought to be about *not* having sex.