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Biology Lesson MAG

October 9, 2009
By Ruthey GOLD, West Midlands, Other
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I am a ventriloquist to you:
Lick my saw-toothed edges
So I may blur into the soft focus
Of the image behind.
Piled dirty petri dishes, transparent
As the word “experiment''
My head is like a sieve
In that it sounds like the flow of a mouthful
Of grain, and has gaps through which
I absorb ideas.

Weed bubbles murky, yet assumes
The gentle ripple of stained glass
Green as sunlight in an artificial block of water;
That one is clear, but the tall cylinder
Contains a liquor faintly blue
As a washed-out September dawn.

© Morel D., Miami, FL

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Eilatan GOLD said...
on May. 29 2010 at 5:35 pm
Eilatan GOLD, Old Greenwich, Connecticut
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;Nobody is normal. Everybody in the world is a weirdo freak. Except you, which makes you a weirdo freak.&quot;

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i'm speechless.
sparkofheart GOLD said...
on Apr. 30 2010 at 9:07 pm
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&quot;Always&quot; - Severus Snape

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wow. i am in awe. this was truly beautifully done. excellent work :)
Scheherazade BRONZE said...
on Feb. 25 2010 at 7:31 pm
Scheherazade BRONZE, Dunedin, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
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Amazing no one had commented on this. You bring forth Plath and Dickinson and make it all your own. I'm personally surprised this isn't in the mag.