Poem Remix

Original

Tulips by Sylvia Plath

I am nobody; I have nothing to do with explosions.

I have given my name and my day-clothes up to the nurses

And my history to the anaesthetist and my body to surgeons.

She wishes to remain in a state of emptiness, but the flowers intrude upon this state

I didn't want any flowers, I only wanted

To lie with my hands turned up and be utterly empty.

Remix

I lie with my flowers

She only wanted explosions

My history intrudes in a state of emptiness

And I didn’t want to be utterly empty

But the flowers have nothing to do with the nurses

I wish to remain

My hands turned up

I have given nobody my name

And my day-clothes and body and surgeons

I am up to any anaesthetist

Upon this state

I lie