Vivisection

(Poetry Scales 23)


Once upon a time there is a lie
The limitless plasticity of individuals
Shifting looks
Changing faces
Shaping bodies
Skewing races
It’s not who you’re born
What you’re created
It’s not how you’ve torn
When you’ve placated
Tell yourself it’s your decision
Believe the imagined mutable motivation
Pretend repercussions are the stuff of fairy tales.