Real Life Frankenstein (1818)

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In the time of Mary Shelley,
Dr. Andrew Ure

electrically jumpstarted
the neural system

of Matthew Clydesdale,
an executed killer.

The dead man's face
danced like the legs

of a galvanized frog,
expressing the full gamut
.
of human emotions:
rage, horror, and despair,

topped by a ghastly smile.
The slayer's eyes carefully

watched the proceedings,
astonished that his soul

was so abruptly recalled
to pull the wires

of the fleshy puppet's mask
it had so recently shed.


Source:The Lady and Her Monsters by Roseanne Montillo (HarperCollins, 2013)

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OpenFieldOpenFieldalmost 10 years ago
Really interesting.

Thanks for this poem pointing out this weird event in history. Truth really is stranger than fiction.

CleardaynowCleardaynowalmost 10 years ago
Excellent

Really like this.

Very nicely constructed. I particularly liked the slide into gothic horror in the last seven lines & the use of the word ‘slayer’ there to emphasise.

I think generally readers on the site react more positively to poems that are warm and cuddly or, if not, lie behind reinforced glass. This poem is not cuddly and it just stands there, licking its lips, staring at the reader.

Original.

Ashesh9Ashesh9almost 10 years ago
Wow!

did'nt know this !!

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