poem: Sine Qua Non

[Marvin Glass]

Ken old sport...after my recent tirade, I offer this from my pen as
way of putting my money where my mouth is. Hope you see fit to include
it. best to you and Jan..

Who has given us
everything we have ever needed
and who is our undisputed Mother
who nurtured us out
of her blood soaked placenta
so that with spite
of historic proportions
we could turn our back on her
and fill our gas tanks with blood
and eat tons and tons
of packaged trees
to hurt her, Oh yes...hurt her....there...
in the sweet softness of her belly...

MrvinGlass late summer, 2022.

[David Glick]

Hello old chap. Your poem is superbly rich in description-- especially the lines "her blood soaked placenta" and "the sweet softness of her belly." Bravo!

But I dare suggest there seems to be a troubling incoherence in this wonderful poem. 

The words "so that" in the sixth line suggest intention or design on the part of our undisputed Mother Earth which makes no sense to me. Why do we turn from her? Might there not be something other than "spite" that causes us to turn our back on mother earth?

Jolly good poem. David

David

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[Marvin Glass]

David: thank you for your close reading.. Using Merriam-Webster's 11th
Collegiate Dictionaries secondary definition: "in defiance or
contempt of...without being prevented by". Best regards...still would
like to get together for coffee or a drink in Fairfax when you can.
I'm open. Lemme Know, Bro
all the best MarvO..!

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[David Glick]

Hi Marvin. I am perplexed by your response. If you were to insert the dictionary definition you cited the poem loses any coherence. The vexing issue the poem raises is that we have indeed turned our back on Mother Nature and are destroying her. But the poem leaves us hanging as to why we do this. Perhaps I am asking too much of the poem which I otherwise like.

Best, David

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[Marvin Glass]

David..again, thank you for your concern, The poem is not a polemic,
no argument here with reasons why in support of it. The poem, writ
large, is an indictment using emotionally charged language. There are
no correctives here, or analytics, just the cold hard facts of what
has gone down historically, as such, between Man and his Being in the
natural world. And it is apostrophic in the sense that it is addressed
to, and calls out to anyone who will listen. best regards marvinG

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[David Glick]

Thanks, Marv, for patiently taking the time to help me better understand what lay behind your writing of this poem.

Enjoy the holiday weekend and stay cool.

Best, David

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[Marvin Glass]

You Got it..Buddy..!! MG

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