This could be an allegory for addiction and its creation of a slow death for the addicted
Women must always be on the look out and defensive against predatory men who will leave them as social pariahs and outcasts
Marriage and motherhood are the ultimate prizes to be sought by woman, much more important than desire
The goblin men are essentially raping and harassing women, as has been the female experience for millenia
And all the fruit imagery?? That could easily be biblical imagery!
This poem explores loss of virtue and the women who are affected
Little goblin men
Real little goblin men
funky little fruit and chubby little goblin menchomp chomp
This poem is 100% real and autobiographical
Curious Laura chose to lingerWondering at each merchant man.One had a cat’s face,One whisk’d a tail,One tramp’d at a rat’s pace,One crawl’d like a snail,One like a wombat prowl’d obtuse and furry,One like a ratel tumbled hurry skurry.She heard a voice like voice of dovesCooing all together:They sounded kind and full of lovesIn the pleasant weather.