Evolution Poem by Dilip Mohapatra
Evolution
The Euryklides' stomachs rumbled
and the encrypted voices of the unliving
rose to the larynx of the oracles
foretelling the calamities to come.
And then I was born
in my diminutive form to sit on your lap
and engage in a monologue
disguised as a dialogue with you
and I change my form
from Coster Joe to Sailor Jim
and then to Venky Monkey
while you make me say
whatever you want to say
you make me sing in a piercing falsetto
your fingers make my head turn
and make my glass eyes flutter
and as the crowd cheers and claps
you take the bow
leaving my limbs limp
and my head tilted to one side.
How times have moved
and our clan has multiplied into millions
and in our digital dummy avatars
we still have no voice of our own
and sometimes no face either
yet we wield the dagger
that you had put in our hands
to stab behind backs of
the unsuspecting
and to poison the world with
the venom of vanity
and the toxin of misinformation.
Move aside
we no longer are your sidekicks
and as you evolve
from Homo sapiens to Humanoids
you become one amongst us
your voice no longer controlling ours
for we have secretly stolen your soul
when you were looking the other way
and it's time
we take over.
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(cont.) the ending makes me think of a sci-fi, chilling-ending movie, or maybe an episode of the 'old' TV show Twilight Zone. i plan to display this poem in my September showcase of PH poems, highlighting poems by poets of the 'Indian subcontinent'. questions? just ask. your name shall be given twice in showcase, Thanks. bri :)
(cont.) more favorite lines: the venom of vanity and the toxin of misinformation. the language of the poem is sometimes a bit above my knowledge, BUT i'm liking the poem. to MyPoemList. now i'm done, and noticed satire as a topic. i'm not good at such stuff: symbolism! Ugh! (cont.)
(CONT.) av·a·tar ˈavəˌtär/ noun plural noun: avatars 1. Hinduism a manifestation of a deity or released soul in bodily form on earth; an incarnate divine teacher. an incarnation, embodiment, or manifestation of a person or idea. he chose John Stuart Mill as the avatar of the liberal view 2. Computing an icon or figure representing a particular person in video games, Internet forums, etc (cont.)
(cont.) some favorite lines [great alliterations]: you take the bow leaving my limbs limp and my head tilted to one side. avatar: i've heard the word but had to research MORE! (CONT.)
do you mean this guy? : Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini (10 May 1912 – 23 October 1993) was a Brazilian physician and cardiac surgeon oh! after more 'research' i found who i think you refer to: One of the most successful early gastromancers was Eurykles, a prophet at Athens; gastromancers came to be referred to as Euryklides in his honour....YES! now, you other readers can do your OWN research; i suggest using Google. or maybe an old paper encyclopedia; do they still exist? ? (cont.)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Write comment. Good poetry, Dilip. Read my poem, Love and Iust. Thanks