Much of Chapter 20 is written in the stream-of-consciousnes
style and includes the cut-up poem Idols of the Injury.
The wire frame torso with curved hips and breasts made us
laugh. This was what Grandma used as a template when she
made dresses and blouses. Once, I snuck up there by
myself and hugged it like a real girl to see how it felt.
The above passage is based on the actual sewing room of my
paternal grandmother. I remember the first time I read
about the 1958 "monkey experiments" of Dr. Harry F. Harlow,
in which Harlow demonstrated the importance of touch in
the nurturing of infants, when baby monkeys preferred a
cloth, cuddly mother replica over a wire replica equipped
with a bottle of nourishment.
style and includes the cut-up poem Idols of the Injury.
The wire frame torso with curved hips and breasts made us
laugh. This was what Grandma used as a template when she
made dresses and blouses. Once, I snuck up there by
myself and hugged it like a real girl to see how it felt.
The above passage is based on the actual sewing room of my
paternal grandmother. I remember the first time I read
about the 1958 "monkey experiments" of Dr. Harry F. Harlow,
in which Harlow demonstrated the importance of touch in
the nurturing of infants, when baby monkeys preferred a
cloth, cuddly mother replica over a wire replica equipped
with a bottle of nourishment.
Idols of the Injury, a cut-up poem utilizing pages about the
brainfrom a biology textbook and pages from the Book of
Ezekial in the Old Testament:
Idols of the injury,
dug in behind the least understood
motor plan information.
The vile abomination temporal lobes and
The four loathsome memory walls and
The four reasoning, arithmetic beasts
are found for all behind pain and planes.
Portrayed as a house,
Go in, function, cause blindness from
The house’s hearing spirit, judgment and
The court’s four bronze woes and
The functioning brain lobe wings,
Go in, hearing and perception,
I dig under door fronts, pain and plans.
brainfrom a biology textbook and pages from the Book of
Ezekial in the Old Testament:
Idols of the injury,
dug in behind the least understood
motor plan information.
The vile abomination temporal lobes and
The four loathsome memory walls and
The four reasoning, arithmetic beasts
are found for all behind pain and planes.
Portrayed as a house,
Go in, function, cause blindness from
The house’s hearing spirit, judgment and
The court’s four bronze woes and
The functioning brain lobe wings,
Go in, hearing and perception,
I dig under door fronts, pain and plans.
| The above photo is from Life Magazine |
