A Kind of Female Golem
It is a waltz,one of the hard-workingwalzes that push bodies,Bam ba Bam ba Bum da Bum,but dancing is for sissiesand the waltz is nothing but a woman.Man creates woman when writing waltzes;and woman...
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Tou have two differnt themes here that conflict:1) Golums are representations of one's sins manifesting itself into a life of its own to eventually consume the sinner2) The pre-mating ritual between...
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I originally called this "A Kind of Female Frankenstein" (with Frankentein's monster implied). I changed it to Golem because I didn't want to add "monster."The Golem in Yiddush literature is an...
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You are correct that the Golem was made of clay, but the original was how the rabbi created the Golem for defense against the people, eventually used the Golem to carry out personal evil acts, and...
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Very interesting, Paura. Thanks. My only interest in the image is that it is a man made life. The rest of it does add some interesting waves to the overtones in the poem. Happy accidents.
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