How Long to Read Satan's Poets

How Long Does it Take to Read Satan's Poets?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 1 minute to read Satan's Poets by Cristian Butnariu

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Satan Says - BY SHARON OLDS I am locked in a little cedar box with a picture of shepherds pasted onto the central panel between carvings. The box stands on curved legs. It has a gold, heart-shaped lock and no key. I am trying to write my way out of the closed box redolent of cedar. Satan comes to me in the locked box and says, I'll get you out. Say My father is a shit. I say my father is a shit and Satan laughs and says, It's opening. Say your mother is a pimp. My mother is a pimp. Something opens and breaks when I say that. My spine uncurls in the cedar box like the pink back of the ballerina pin with a ruby eye, resting beside me on satin in the cedar box. Say shit, say death, say fuck the father, Satan says, down my ear. The pain of the locked past buzzes in the child's box on her bureau, under the terrible round pond eye etched around with roses, where self-loathing gazed at sorrow. Shit. Death. Fuck the father. Something opens. Satan says Don't you feel a lot better? Light seems to break on the delicate edelweiss pin, carved in two colors of wood. I love him too, you know, I say to Satan dark in the locked box. I love them but I'm trying to say what happened to us in the lost past. Of course, he says and smiles, of course. Now say: torture. I see, through blackness soaked in cedar, the edge of a large hinge open. Say: the father's cock, the mother's cunt, says Satan, I'll get you out. The angle of the hinge widens until I see the outlines of the time before I was, when they were locked in the bed. When I say the magic words, Cock, Cunt, Satan softly says, Come out. But the air around the opening is heavy and thick as hot smoke. Come in, he says, and I feel his voice breathing from the opening. The exit is through Satan's mouth. Come in my mouth, he says, you're there already, and the huge hinge begins to close. Oh no, I loved them, too, I brace my body tight in the cedar house. Satan sucks himself out the keyhole. I'm left locked in the box, he seals the heart-shaped lock with the wax of his tongue. It's your coffin now, Satan says. I hardly hear; I am warming my cold hands at the dancer's ruby eye- the fire, the suddenly discovered knowledge of love.

How long is Satan's Poets?

Satan's Poets by Cristian Butnariu is 118 pages long, and a total of 30,444 words.

This makes it 40% the length of the average book. It also has 37% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Satan's Poets Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 46 minutes to read Satan's Poets aloud.

What Reading Level is Satan's Poets?

Satan's Poets is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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