Tuesday 10 March 2009

My first Stemistry.



Unity & the dolls
after Stanley Spencer

Do not look so sad, Unity, you were named
for your effect and you have had it
in spades. I hope one day you’ll understand,

the dolls are just a concept and simplified; this one
is meant to be you. Do not look to your mother
for answers to your life – she does not have them

though her biology is the same, and nor do I.
There is already difference we did not predict;
there are more swabs to take, more hair to test—

your fringe looks pretty, just like your doll’s—
but just because we take pieces, it does not mean
we do not love you, Unity. No matter what you become.

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