This Poem was Submitted By: Rachel F. Spinoza On Date: 2001-10-10 23:43:02 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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In Our Own Image

I,  Pygmalion Press your veins to force them pumping  but your lips refuse to redden you remain outside creation hovering,  before the flood I am Frankenstein  designing cherubs ending up with monsters  blaming it on quality of blood blaming it on bad equipment lack of funds, and skulls that perforate along slim lines of bone Clay clings to he hands of all creators We  heap mud in building golem stacking totem  carving gopher wood and stone   Our clay hands mold images  for retinue but we end in catacomb or coffin  dirt beneath our fingernails alone     We are Van Gogh we replicate ourselves by looking into mirrors unable to afford a model or a steak But, philosophers and beggars potato eaters, starry skies sunflowers all entreat us to peer out of  windows at the different kinds of dirt electrons  shape We are pentimento etchings lost  in caves too deep for shadow -clay dreaming clay as terra cotta armies guard our sleep  

Copyright © October 2001 Rachel F. Spinoza

Additional Notes:
revision of an earlier poem


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