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They found her hidden
away under the she-oaks,
a fae-child waiting
for her new nurturers.
Gluey with sap and
pine-needles, her hair
was nothing so much as
a tribute to glorious disorder;
entrancing her discoverers
though the eye followed no
line but the crusted,
sandy slit on her cheek.
When they opened her mouth
a drop of umber leaked from
this tribal endowerment,
a grotesque tattoo of womanhood.
Under her tongue,
a pomegranate seed -
the flesh of her tongue
like Hades' enticement.
And as they inspected and
prodded, they found inside her
the seed of another though
for a score she had lain fallow.
Men say it is their right
to plow the earth's fields as
they please, but they may
own not copse nor briar.
away under the she-oaks,
a fae-child waiting
for her new nurturers.
Gluey with sap and
pine-needles, her hair
was nothing so much as
a tribute to glorious disorder;
entrancing her discoverers
though the eye followed no
line but the crusted,
sandy slit on her cheek.
When they opened her mouth
a drop of umber leaked from
this tribal endowerment,
a grotesque tattoo of womanhood.
Under her tongue,
a pomegranate seed -
the flesh of her tongue
like Hades' enticement.
And as they inspected and
prodded, they found inside her
the seed of another though
for a score she had lain fallow.
Men say it is their right
to plow the earth's fields as
they please, but they may
own not copse nor briar.
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This is a creative assignment that I wrote about 3 or 4 years ago, for a literature unit on William Blake. We primarily studied his bog-person writings, which is a lot of his earlier stuff.
I found this draft sheet in my room while I was cleaning it. No doubt I edited it and stuff, but I don't think I got back the edited copy and I can't find it in any of my folders on the computers. Ah well. The inspiration came from an episode of either CSI or NCIS, as well as Blake's writing. Eh. Naturalism.
I found this draft sheet in my room while I was cleaning it. No doubt I edited it and stuff, but I don't think I got back the edited copy and I can't find it in any of my folders on the computers. Ah well. The inspiration came from an episode of either CSI or NCIS, as well as Blake's writing. Eh. Naturalism.
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Pretty cool, kiddo.