2013
Poetry - Pottery- Intaglio Prints
“Elefante” Volume 1 -
Poetry
Art Installation
Location: Pop Up Museum & NJCU Art Gallery
Focus: Ethics of Animals Kept in Captivity & Endagerment
by: Melida Rodas
Excerpt :
Elephant Birth
There is no sound but the whisper of an eyelash
closing over a wild, still eye ...
like a moth resting on a tree
legs rock, position, as tail swings
cargo warm for just a few more moments inside,
the membrane
begins to drop,
suspended
a water balloon hanging from a running faucet
breaks finally,
suddenly,
spilling the infant onto the ground, red waterfall baptizing motionless mass
until mother’s trunk entwines with the innocent
pulling it, tugging it to its first breath
new born bones can barely support the weight
larger beast persuading it to move, move, move
their rest will come,
but not for now,
not even for a little while,
first to learn how to begin
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