It was advertised for months.
A kind of sudden conversion--video, photos,
Drawings, advertisements, old shows--
Make your world live forward and backward;
Let everyone live in your head.
In your curated head.
The You-seum©.
Life was no longer permitted
Even the slight bulge, oil-paint thick
From canvas. It was drowned in glass,
Girls like goldfish with their thoughts
Flashing like scales over their eyes
With cuttlefish semaphore ads
For brighter seas, more pixels
Per inch of flesh.
She had always wanted concrete
Walls, floors, benches; blank
Save for paintings lit soft and bright
No imputation of mess, the worst
Thing you could be was messy
Beyond frame.
It was advertised for months.
A temporary blindness, they said
Was possible but resolved in most
Within 30 days. And some experienced
Nausea at the flickering mental
Shadows. And some drowned.
Water, breakable as glass, unreeling
A dry world.
Sharing with The Sunday Muse & Poets United (Poetry Pantry #420) this morning.
-- Chrissa
You-seum.... I think there are so many these days who only see themselves... in HD and pixel perfection. Maybe in the end we are creating virtual mausoleums
ReplyDeleteInteresting and original write Chrissa... I shall be back to see what you come up with next
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderfully surreal.. I sense the feeling of plastic beauty replacing nautral in this poem 💜
ReplyDelete"Life was no longer permitted
ReplyDeleteEven the slight bulge, oil-paint thick
From canvas."
When then is our reality, Good question Chrissa
Thanks for dropping by my Sumi-e Sunday today
much love...
I am fascinated with the girls like goldfish with their thoughts visible. This was very cool to read. A rather daunting possible world.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this very interesting piece.
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Brilliant ... and brilliantly sad/horrifying.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the surreal nature of this write! Very imaginative.
ReplyDeleteAs others have said this has a deep surreal feel to it. I love this creative and thought provoking read Chrissa!!
ReplyDeleteFantastic writing - powerfully imaged - and insightful. I agree with other commentators that there is a definite surreal 'vibe' to the piece - that, to my mind, imbues it with a sense of the absurd …
ReplyDeletechillingly close to reality.
I agree, surreal and deep read. Beautifully written.
ReplyDeleteA cool piece.
ReplyDeleteI know everyone said it, but... I'm not above repeating a good thing: I love the surreal feeling of this, especially because it speaks of a very real thing. These days, reality (and real things) are often portrayed as uncool, as if life is something that used to be fashionable but now only weirdos would even consider just being.
ReplyDeleteLove the surreal feeling,and creativity to this.
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