Erica Jong - The Cover of the Book lyrics

The cover of the book is astral violet, & within it are poems, most of them earthbound, but for one to the poet's daughter which soars into the empyrean on umbilical wings. Oh we poets are so afraid of making babies- & yet of all the fleshly chains that bind us, our children are the chains that bind most closely to heaven. How can that be? Poetry is an astral affliction. Poets are always saving themselves for their poems. Yet in that saving there is no grace, while in the child there is distraction, chaos, disorder & through that fleshly chaos peace.