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| Sculpture by Eugen von Bruenchenhein (1910-1983) as shown in Outsider Art exhibit at |
of a hermaphrodite
in silhouette
slender and elongated
a hermaphrodite
shimmering in scene after scene
staged and scripted
out of a lost narrativediscovered after the siege
longing thrown onto the bodyan asymmetrical form
hyperfeminine hypermasculinecollecting and sorting
chicken bones turkey bonesexquisite the beaks and feet
organizing bones
lovely the pigeon bones
sculpted delicategothic cathedrals
shimmering in scene after scenethe shape of vertebrae
rising from a postapocalyptic pitthe waves of the Atlantic crash
the RUINSCAPE disappearing
then the LANDSCAPE yielding forth
dandelion yielding forthlemon trees strawberry
hibiscus mango goose grasspomegranate
leaves spreading undulating
secreting mucus nectaramorous the greedy seed amorous
covetous the warring rootsmurderous sex cells
hypermasculine hyperfemininehungry the fruiting bodies
swallowing the preythe waves of the Atlantic crash
In a dream of a hermaphrodite
wanting to starvewanting to devour heat and light
eating a scoop of sandorganizing skull wishbone femur
assembling structuringgables spires parapets
lancet arches flying buttressrib vaults
graceful the flowing tracery
a hermaphrodite
sculpting angels prophets kingsgargoyles saints
shimmering in scene after scene
the shape of vertebraerising from a postapocalyptic pit