The Rib

The flesh is second hand

and the mind mothered by a man,

turning me into the worst kind,

bloated up by my lack of,

and gluttonous on dishes plump with peril.

 

Confused, I walk into the wall,

smacking my jaw and fluting

my bite onto the floor, I see my face

as a shriek of death

and I regurgitate

 

a waste of bone.

I am nothing more than a clone

of all the evils you’ve ever known.

◄ Walk alone

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Marianne Louise Daniels

Tue 25th May 2010 10:24

hmm, yes all this pandora talk put this is my head...

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Cynthia Buell Thomas

Mon 24th May 2010 21:25

What a powerful subject, brilliantly highlighted here. I find the 'rib mythology' absolutely appalling, and can hardly believe it still exists - oh so strongly - in some arenas. I love how clear this is, smashing glass all the way.

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Isobel

Mon 24th May 2010 15:07

Could this be Pandora part 2? I love the ideas in it - second hand flesh, a waste of bone, a clone, bloated up by my lack of... you say it all very eloquently.

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