Buttons

Famous quotes containing the word buttons:

“With crayons the child draws a rigid house
and a winding pathway. Then the child
puts in a man with buttons like tears”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)

“She hadn’t found the finger-bone she wanted
Among the buttons poured out in her lap.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)

“Now your beer belly hangs outlike Fatso.
You are popping your buttons and expelling gas.
How can I lie down with you, my comical beau
when you are so middle-aged and lower-class.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)