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Onoma
Poems
Dec 2023
Saturn Devouring His Son
pituitary phenom, muppet with unshelled
eggs for eyes.
whose dilation's the yoke of a molding cellar
wall, that has never been looked on.
a dry grey mane that wigs his skull like a
cobwebbed broom in overcast.
his slanting squat protracts & threatens to
dislodge his elongated bones.
each howling the winds of his caution--
caved in his overeager mouth.
a knuckled-up grip obscures the torso
of his son.
which by proportion notes the size of his
hands, akin to manhandling a loaf of bread.
though bread plays its part in parable, as so
its body bleeds.
Saturn devouring his Son, his head & right
arm depict the clean cut of a single bite, or
a meticulous succession.
the upper body is a thick outline of blood that
refuses to run--as the left arm of Saturn's Son seems
to gag him in protest.
his buttocks stream down his dangling legs--a
cosmic voodoo doll with its pins popped out.
*Inspired by a painting by: Francisco de Goya.
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