I pray to genetics to save me from those who ask to be thanked for staring uselessly at the sun.
The bouquet that comforts a corpse or props up a hospital bunk will be the flower I cultivate in my garden.
The sensual scratch of polyester lab coats a Pavlovian response to your futile aching landscapes,
I hold your delicate creatures in midnight assays,
And never confess to their beauty.
I pray to genetics
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I pray to genetics
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Re: I pray to genetics
.. and so.. in stating you never confess to their beauty.. it seems.. you do. Oh, and the landscapes are "aching".. and the productless meaning is as a "warm blossom".. and you've at least thought of bringing such bouquets to the suffering.. and still your Pavlovian response registers a sensuality.. and again, these creatures you mention are delicate, you noticed. So.. if I like this poem.. it's because you are a liar (!)nonnymonster wrote:I pray to genetics to save me from those who ask to be thanked for staring uselessly at the sun.
I reject the warm blossom of productless meaning. I do not bring bouquets to the suffering.
The sensual scratch of polyester lab coats a Pavlovian response to your futile aching landscapes,
I hold your delicate creatures in midnight assays,
And never confess to their beauty.
Violet
Re: I pray to genetics
This monster is not lying. If I say, "I am such a jerk," does that mean I'm not a jerk, simply because I recognize my jerkness? The first line of the poem does this. I would only advise to replace this "I do not bring bouquets to the suffering" (it's a bit explanatory) with modification to tell the reader that the blossoms in the preceding sentence are a gift of this sort, such as placing them on a hospital room window sill or some such.
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Re: I pray to genetics
Thanks for the critique. I edited that sentence a bit and will probably try again later.
Actually, I liked Violet's comment. I wouldn't have thought to put it that way and it sounds so much more fun than "the author is discussing feelings of ambiguity about the topic blah blah".
Actually, I liked Violet's comment. I wouldn't have thought to put it that way and it sounds so much more fun than "the author is discussing feelings of ambiguity about the topic blah blah".