Elvis’s Twin Sister
Carol Ann Duffy * Track #26 On The World’s Wife
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- #22Frau Freud
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- #24Eurydice
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- #25The Kray Sisters
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- #26Elvis’s Twin Sister
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Elvis's Twin Sister by Carol Ann Duffy
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The collection of poems by Carol Ann Duffy entitled The World’s Wife, was first published in 1999 and presents stories, myths, fairy tales and characters in Western culture from the point of view of women. Much of literature through the ages and even today is patriarchal, presenting the world from a...
Elvis’s Twin Sister Annotated
"Are you lonesome tonight? Do you miss me tonight?"
"Elvis is alive and she's female:" Madonna
In the convent, y'all,
I tend the gardens,
watch things grow,
pray for the immortal soul
of rock 'n' roll.
They call me
Sister Presley here,
The Reverend Mother
digs the way I move my hips
just like my brother.
Gregorian chant
drifts out across the herbs
Pascha nostrum immolatus est...
I wear a simple habit,
darkish hues,
a wimple with a novice-sewn
lace band, a rosary,
a chain of keys,
a pair of good and sturdy
blue suede shoes.
I think of it
as Graceland here,
a land of grace.
It puts my trademark slow lopsided smile
back on my face.
Lawdy.
I'm alive and well.
Long time since I walked
down Lonely Street
towards Heartbreak Hotel.