The Monster Speaks
One thing the movies miss
Nearly all the time
Is to let the monsters speak
I’m hearing gargoyles talking
They make scary sense
They’re vicious and
Want to be left alone
If you want to see Frankenstein
Then read it
It’s not long
The most humane speeches
Are from the creature
Made by Victor
Who abhorred his work and then
Abandoned it
An ugly, powered creature
Left to roam the Earth
A child in a Golem’s body
With no control
Or advice to live
But when it speaks
The words are articulate
And passionate
Having been made by a human
Why can’t there be something of
The humans’ own?
The parent’s own and
Something of companionship
The words show us who
The monsters are
We slip into barbarity of action
While the best words remain
The creature’s own
No mistaking, the creature-made
Commits atrocities
There is a tragedy in the making
In having been made
In human vanity to make
But forestalling
Or destroying
Might have happened early on
As it is, the monster (so we way)
Is left alive
I know, for sequels
While the human maker
Frankenstein
Pursues his own destruction,
Which is no kind of justice
She knew what she was doing
C L Couch
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June 27, 2020 at 3:19 pm
We SHOULD be judged by our actions and not words……..but then again………words have a powerful impact and we should choose them very carefully. Now, I’m just confusing myself. I wonder who the monsters really are, Christopher.
June 29, 2020 at 12:08 am
By the end of the novel, we know who the monsters are. I suppose we should be judged more on our actions than our words. But when words are mostly what we have–hmm, then I guess we warrant judgment on our words. Oops, that’s not entirely likable to realize.
Have a great, new week, Len.
June 27, 2020 at 5:56 pm
Good day Cl: hope you are feeling great! Sending well wishes for your splendid weekend: Here is a share that might interest you:
https://americaoncoffee10.wordpress.com/2020/06/06/monsters-are-products-of-family-and-society/
June 29, 2020 at 12:16 am
Hi! Thank you for sending me the link. All about monsters–what do you know? I’m not sure I get what cloning’s supposed to do. I mean, how does a person make a soul–and isn’t that required? I understand that Dolly the sheep was in bad health, and then she died. Doesn’t sound considerate to me, let alone compassionate. So do we make the monsters? Well, in the novel that is exactly what happens. And then the maker eschews what he has made. In life, I guess we can be drawn to what is monstrous. That might explain the popularity of zombies, which never appealed to me (the zombies or their popularity).
I hope you’re really well, and the new week is off to a grand start for you.
June 29, 2020 at 12:44 am
Thank you cl for accepting the link share. You are so right cl, we can be drawn into what is monstrous, being that everything of cause has an effect. I think monster personalities happen from all kinds of impacts as well as a person’s own choices and desires. 🤔☕️☕️
June 29, 2020 at 3:29 am
You’re right, monsters–and anyone–are affected by experiences and conditioning. And, yes, especially by choices!