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COCOON
a poem inspired by the art of Jill Odegaard

 

Gently wake me
New fascinating world
Shield me brown, white and milk
Sweetness twists and wraps itself around me
Sweetness lives in streams of consciousness
Thoughts come, I the only born
Tortured seed from a disastrous corruptive weed
Science comes and pokes, prods, and interrupts me
Thoughts of legs, arms, and hands that build others just like me
Clone me, build me, make me, from almost nothing
I am my mother, father, eternal deity
Cocoon wrap and hide me
Spirals of long necked creatures with soft hands
Spirals of creatures with soft lips and eyes
Creatures that are my life source
Creatures that give me life
Build your cocoon inside me.

 

© 2001 S. E. Chambers