It ALL means something
to the writer...
................to the reader
.............................to the student forced
to dissect it into tiny pieces
and the writer who reads
another's words seeking inspiration
My English 101 professor
had a hard-on for Freud,
declared that all creative writing
is about sex
That succubus Ligeia haunted
Poe, and he came all
over the page in frightening prose
Hawthorne's Beatricce, the
victim of fatherly love, as
phallic as seven gables thrusting
skyward, or a pointed red letter
better fit for a philandering
pastor than the poor love-stricken
girl forced to wear it
emblazoned over her
broken heart
It's all about sex...
Me - I'm more of a
Jungian,
I think it's all about
the myth and
the archetype
and the loss of gods
in a hurried, wanton world
I believe in angels
and demons and
the odd and playful
trickster, poking
sticks at wond'rous things
...............just
............................to
....................................see
what. might. happen.
Give me Gaiman and Pratchett
and Bradley over
Lawrence and Jong
any day.
Don't get me wrong
Of course, sex
is good...
it's not the mechanics
that matter, but
the connection to all
that is and was
and has ever been
Give me the mystery
The darkness
of the human heart
the illumination
of the human mind
and the visitation
of angels....
.................................unaware
(c) 11 May 2011
by Suzy Phoenix
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