The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Deijman He peels and peels and unfurls your scalp-skin like an orchid does for a lovestruck bee, except, there is no love here pink watery brain, almost spongey; he holds a thin blade that slices the light and slicks it through your entirety - the part of you that named itself a man watches on, bowl in hand For what? what’s the bowl for? he doesn’t answer just watches - your face, shadowed dived into your dimples, hands positioned like your well rested he points to your medulla and says: see, the soul he points to your hippocampus and says: see, the hunger which is almost true but maybe, this was all for vain who cares what you remembered? the silver-dusted watch you left in Vermont while you undressed to learn love the Bible you got as a kid to learn God, from which you tore out all the pages about hell - what did you need with hell anyway? what was waiting for you at the end was sure to be filled with pearl clusters and grapes filed through your mouth - he pulls your limbs back macabre museum exhibit draws close your scalp and tosses you back into the storage to be pulled out again like a root vegetable to be displayed again later all around us, white light braids into a screen, this, is maybe, heaven, and God watches on, learning anatomy Janiru Liyanage Janiru is a fourteen year old Sri-Lankan/Australian student and poet who lives in Sydney. Aside from poetry, he loves maths and has received numerous awards in both national and international math competitions/olympiads. He is the 2019 junior winner of the national Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards and is also a prolific participant and winner of poetry slams. His work is forthcoming or appears in [PANK], The Journal Of Compressed Creative Arts & elsewhere. Having just begun his personal poetic journey, Janiru is eager to find his own voice in his work.
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Karen
12/5/2020 03:58:20 pm
This is really interesring poem Janiri. It held my attention all the way through. I would like to see more of your poetry in the future.
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