Adonis, enjoyed reading it, it felt similar in tone to the God verse you wrote a few weeks ago. Feel like your style of describing from afar gives a great strength to your writing. The other part is when you focus in on a small detail E.g., cute as button line. The contrast between meta-view and this focus on detail is good, and the transition between the two is done well. The last four lines were great because they gave two different perspectives to the whole story. E.g., Galvanized – Brought forth a building block, Culture shock – Breathing life in soldered rock" made me think you were discussing cell abiogenesis the whole time. But, "I bore seeds with my explosion; we consummate, The single-celled will evolve, and then procreate." & the "thrust" line + "curled toes" line - made me think you were discussing fertilization/conception. I tried to look for clues as to which interpretation was more correct, but the verse was written in such a way that both could be correct. It was an enjoyable experience.
Enigma, I know you spelling and grammar is excellent so when there were wording/spelling errors I was confused until I realized it was deliberate. The title gave me this idea - "Dr. Frank N Stein." he was narrating it, the foreign Dr. with red-stamped qualifications from a former USSR state. E.g., "Wouldn't let me see him so I plead and finally, genes are mine." The way you captured how a not-natural English speaker will often miss out the smaller words was great. Other parts "enfant" and "anomoly" giving an accent to the narrator this was subtle characterization. Also, enjoyed how the last subject tied all the previous cases together. Revealing the motivation of the narrator right at the end was a good choice. Overall, voted for Adonis.
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