Zodiac

I'm a Taurus. But you probably knew that, right?

i am a walking awkward silence.

i have an origami heart,
a prosthetic soul,
and an encyclopedic knowledge
of wasted potential.

the very notion
that everyone on earth
is not screaming constantly
will confound my plastic intellect
until the day i die--

a mannequin gone limp,
wondering if the stars
make their decisions
based on alignments
of people below them.

Reviews

[Hayley]

i have an origami heart,
a prosthetic soul,
and an encyclopedic knowledge
of wasted potential.

An origami heart and a prosthetic soul..that is one amazing phrase. I think you have major talent, and I think I'm going to have to check out more of your work!

[Joiedevivre]

Indeed the stars have bestowed you with all their brightness in your writing

[Ed Hart]

everyone on earth is screaming

[OT]

I love the wonderings of the last stanza - do the stars make their decision based on our sporadic movements - I doubt they give a s**t tbh ha - the second stanza reads so well - the words all compliment each other phonetically! zodiacal (don't often get to use that) greatness!

[Elizabeth]

Well, I am a Gemini. And we both think that the first stanza was spot on. Prosthetic soul... man, I really like that. And the little twist at the end was clever.

[Daniel Atkinson]

Being a person who never bought into the whole zodiac thing, it was refreshing to read something that suggested it might be wrong. Haha. Short but beautiful. Kudos, sir.

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

great zodiacal twist~ and as in all your poetics the metaphors are rich and the imegry a pure banquet~

[Kerry O'Connor]

I love the last stanza, great way to swing the perspective around.

[hopelove]

im cancer

[Chris Smith Welshpoetcs]

I'm a Capricorn.