Suicidal Planet: The Rape

Strapped by my ankles to a
suicidal planet

She left herself naked and went for a quick jog
a spin ‘round the sun
Abused and abused again
she received what she’d been begging for.

She cuts and starves herself
“Attention w***e! Attention w***e!
You don’t need therapy you
suicidal planet -
You need us to be
stricter
harder
rougher!”

And so we pump her and pump her until she’s
drained.
But she’s a fashion model
she’s a
suicidal planet that we’re unfortunate enough
to be chained to.
Like a proud parent tied to a failure
We can’t help it if all our efforts
produced nothing but this
spoiled, whining, spinning
suicidal planet.

Reviews

[luthien7]

I can't attempt to discuss the meaning - A story or poem takes on its own meaning once the writer releases it into the wild and each reader reads it his own way. Personally I loved this poem. for some reason I kept hearing my 15 year old daughter's chains/spikes/emo voice as I read it. "We can't help it if all our efforts
produced nothing but this | spoiled, whining, spinning | suicidal planet." True and also not true. "Attention w***e"! stricter, harder, rougher is giving that much more attention. I like your choice of words here.

[Legion]

What a great way of putting this. I am duly impressed. Great write. Great read. Never really thought of it this way. A whole new perspective has now openend up. Kudos.

[yinseriv]

Marz which interpretation do i go with. The literal rape of our planet. That makes this a poem rich in the indictment of what we have done.

Do I view this as the disassociation of a rape victim and the identification with the perp in an effort to regain some of the stolen power. In that case this is a chilling case study.

Maybe I just read the anger in the words.

All I know is that this is something I will be reading again.

[KayOss]

Well, this certainly is a new way to look at our relationship with the planet. I relish new perspectives, so you've got my respect there. I don't think this way of seeing things would even have crossed my mind. I think this is creative and splendidly visual. You paint the pictures for the readers to see. I love the personification here and also, the metaphor. I like the part where you talk about her taking a quick jog around the sun; it's a great way to describe the earth's going around the sun every day.

Like a proud parent tied to a failure
We can't help it if all our efforts
produced nothing but this.

These lines also speak out to me. It's a comparison that many writers wouldn't make. It's a bold one and also a very good one. Thanks for sharing.