This cyborg was made by
An unknown scientist.
He ran away in snow country.
Low battery let her get back
To be a human again.
Leaves, flowers, seeds and water.
All nature gave her
Peaceful death and reborn.
Flower face, reclaim yourself
Be the creature of your choosing
Take owl wing, or unweave
Rediscover plant secrets of your making
Remember your own heart
Take off the false layer
That tamed you into unfeeling
You owe your captors nothing.
(I was struck by how Dr Abbey’s words echoed something of the Blodeuwedd myth – this sense of a woman forced to be what she is not, finally able to revert to her true nature. The first text and the art are Abbey’s. I’m not sure the second text really adds much, but I wanted to respond.)
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