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Hysteria by *RickDanger:iconRickDanger:

Categories Literature > Poetry > Human Nature > Open


Trembling, you?
Telling me you will be "a humble bow"
to my "proud brutish arrow"?
You, the Helen of countless Trojans
who sacrificed their Cupid wings
in your cloud-thirsty fire?

Are you afraid for me
when you yell "Medusa I may be!"
and my flesh can face you
without becoming stone?
Why would I "slay the frigid snakes"
when I can move your hair
with the breath of my voice?

How would I not steal you
from this divine pedestal
where, scared of heights, you tremble?
Despite your lyric kicks and tears
what is the tragedy of human gods
without the comedy of human hands?
©2009 *RickDanger
:iconrickdanger:

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From Wikipedia:
Hysteria, in its colloquial use, describes a state of mind, one of unmanageable fear or emotional excesses. The term originates with the Greek medical term, hysterikos. This referred to a medical condition, thought to be particular to women, caused by disturbances of the uterus, hystera in Greek. The term hysteria was coined by Hippocrates, who thought that suffocation and madness arose in women whose uteri had become too light and dry from lack of sexual intercourse and, as a result, wandered upward, compressing the heart, lungs, and diaphragm. Originally defined as a neurotic condition peculiar to women and thought to be caused by a dysfunction of the uterus" ("Hysterical").

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~Amy--Louise Apr 1, 2009, 11:47:10 AM
I like this, and appreciate the reference, but again, I can't identify with it. I am a little unsure who you are talking to, if it is one woman or three-

I appreciate your sonics and allusions.

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"To avoid criticism: do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.":frail:
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Mood: Joy *RickDanger Apr 1, 2009, 11:58:06 AM
I hadn't thought of the possibility of there being three women - I've tried to convey that each stanza addresses the same character who is trembling and scared.

Again, thank you for reading, I'm happy you liked it.

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