If I grew wings
would you stab them
with pins
and add me
to your collection?
If I grew fins
would your interest
in me
culminate in a classroom
dissection?
If I grew muscle
would a vivisection
suffice
or would you first crush my strength
within an iron vise?
Oct 2, 2020
Oct 2, 2020 at 10:24 AM UTC
If I grew wings
would you stab them
with pins
and add me
to your collection?
If I grew fins
would your interest
in me
culminate in a classroom
dissection?
If I grew muscle
would a vivisection
suffice
or would you first crush my strength
within an iron vise?
Inspired by Sandra Wyllie's poem If I Grew Wings ( https://hellopoetry.com/poem/4059625/if-i-grew-wings/ ), whose title and idea I shamelessly stole because I thought it was interesting how two minds could take those starting points and go in completely different directions!
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