Today’s prompt challenges to write a poem inspired by the animated version of “Seductive Fantasy” by Sun Ra and his Arkestra. After watching, I felt like I wasn’t belonging to the Animal Kingdom. I am from the Protista Kingdom that includes those eukaryotic organisms, not deemed to be animals, plants or fungi such as protozoa.
Alas, the atlas is wrong!
To where and what I am born is gone.
This kingdom of wisdom is a prison.
I am not of this human or that inhuman.
The womb has me groomed and tombed.
I walk like a bride in the kingdom of crawlers
adorned and mourned with single-celled flowers;
they open to bloom and close to wither.
My flower girls carry the power of ancient beasts;
they will chop your head to prop my podes.
Alas, the atlas is wrong!
To where and what I am living is sniffing.
I smell not the trumpet as a singing flower
or scents of waters inside your daughters.
Even the stars are waterless when in trance.
Here, I wobble and cobble my way out.
See me inside the belly of this jelly
as memories of tentacles in your ventricles.
Do I fit to breathe in this bubble of trouble?
Amoeba, they call out. You are not human.
Chado
April 1, 2021 - 3:22 pm ·I like this poem !
Good and interesting response to the animation.
(or was it the Anemone-nation?)
Gloria
April 2, 2021 - 12:04 am ·I felt genuinely eukaryotic 🙂
Namratha Varadharajan
April 1, 2021 - 4:59 pm ·Even the stars are waterless when in trance.
Your narrative matches the prompt, the video..
Gloria
April 1, 2021 - 11:59 pm ·Thank you.
Romana Iorga
April 1, 2021 - 5:48 pm ·So many gorgeous lines! Here are some of my favorites:
“I am not of this human or that inhuman. / The womb has me groomed and tombed.”
“Even the stars are waterless when in trance.”
“See me inside the belly of this jelly / as memories of tentacles in your ventricles.”
You totally captured the spirit of the music video!
Gloria
April 1, 2021 - 11:59 pm ·Great to read from you, Romana. Thank you for the feedback.
Vandana Bhasin
April 2, 2021 - 3:57 am ·Loved your poem Gloria! The first stanza stole my heart!
Gloria
April 2, 2021 - 7:51 am ·I am grateful to have stolen your heart, Vandana.
Manja Mexi
April 2, 2021 - 10:56 pm ·Oh, this one is to read and reread out loud. I feel purpose and vigour. Onward!
Gloria
April 2, 2021 - 11:09 pm ·To life, we dwell and find purpose. Thank you!