On the Way Out, Turn Off the Light Quotes

“For your information—from your pharmacist Do not take this medicine with dairy products. Do not take this medicine with any medication containing aluminum, calcium, bismuth, iron or zinc. Do not take this product with vitamins or minerals. This medicine may cause dry mouth or arrhythmia. This medicine may cause diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, hair loss, dizziness, sore joints. This medicine may cause insomnia. Discontinue this medicine if you black out frequently, if your heart stops or if you cannot breathe for half an hour. Discontinue if death ensues. Otherwise take four a day. Continue until medication is completely consumed, or you are.”
― Marge Piercy, On the Way Out, Turn Off the Light: Poems

“So it goes when we need to couple.
Sex makes idiots of us all.
~ From "Am I Pretty Enough”
― Marge Piercy, On the Way Out, Turn Off the Light: Poems