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(the abacist) {christ}consciousness
by Richard Paezlotus flower blooming
I (re)gain
(christ)consciousness
one day soon
this cocoon will I shed
(proto-being)stem-cells
will achieve
manifest-destiny
one day soon
this birth canal will I descend
ancestral-line
(amoebae-reptile-primate)
through me will ascend
~
until then, I,
(fetal-mass
all fingers and cranial-spine)
am abacist:
pushing cell-wall envelopes
karmic debts and could-be(ads)
along protein-(protean)-strings
framed
by gene-carved would-be(ams)
~
what you ignore
I will always remember
long before Eve
ever tasted or bore fruit
in the garden
Lilith Adam-took
and the little bits of God
you swallowed hungrily
in your womb now reside
(pushing and kicking)
(ever-growing)
11/16/2002 Author's Note: Spelling will be corrected soon! My brother-in-law's computer doesn't have spellcheck! Aggh! Thanks to David Spellman (most appropriatly named) for assistance in this matter!
11/17/02 Spelling Corrected! :)
Posted on 11/16/2002
Copyright © 2024 Richard Paez
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by David R Spellman on 11/16/02 at 09:31 PM Very thought provoking and surreal. The man/God relationship throughout is quite interesting. I was especially drawn into the last part "and the little bits of God, you swallowed hungrily, in your womb now reside,(pushing and kicking),(ever-growing)... |
| Posted by JD Clay on 11/19/02 at 02:15 AM I like the way this one moves un-inhibited, in and around descriptive deception. I like the first edition just as well. Peace... |
| Posted by Susan Q Tomas on 03/17/04 at 07:09 PM You are high above me on the intellectual totem pole, and when I read anything of yours I prepare myself for an intense poem which must be read at least twice. Interesting mix of microbiology, biology, and theology. I could be off, but I perceive this as depicting humans & humanity in their inchoate state. |
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