Get Your Premium Membership

A Theistic Cyborg, Part II

Little gods inside my heart where pumping blood is an art. With a mind of their own doth these gods call me home. Little gods with golden hair and a quantum halo perform their task with utmost care as if they were from Cairo. Confined within a job to do never resting, always true. Little gods never skip a beat yet one slips beneath his feet. Oxygenating all my cells Is he under the One God’s spell? Then he squeezes up my aortic arch and down through the arterial flow struggling against the downward stream . . . He flies out into the world, out my finger’s cut and screams -- “What the . . .”

Copyright © | Year Posted 2024




Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem.

Please Login to post a comment

Date: 5/7/2024 6:29:00 PM
Sentient bacteri? Dang little buggers
Login to Reply
Bartley Avatar
Benjamin Bartley
Date: 5/8/2024 7:15:00 AM
I like your comment. I wish I had thought of that to include in the poem. Thank you for your insight.

Book: Shattered Sighs