This is a poem written through the perspective of an alien viewing human interactions of love. It is inspired by a sector of poetry called 'martian poetry' which gives perspectives of human life through aliens. This should be cryptic so it shouldn't be easy to grasp. Will probably do another post explaining it at some point
Two-headed
creatures share a heart,
But
stumble on each other’s limbs,
When
their babies are vibrating happily,
Something
strangely appears to be wrong.
Then
the disturbances stop; together they make
Bizarre
noises until they rest their eyes.
Now
their heads depart, and delve
Into
private fantasies, free from conflict.
Their
eyes reluctantly open, but soon they
Assume
their customary smiles.
Weirdly
enough; they celebrate all of this,
with
extortionate paper and glitter
Exchanges
of the same dusty words and withering flowers,
But
everyone seems equally impressed.
Apart
from the Others whom lack attention so
Instead use their thumbs to communicate
Whilst
they go off in pairs and celebrate misery,
The Others wish for the same pain!
They
watch films about themselves
Whilst
they indulge each other’s faces
The
one-headed creatures stay at home,
Dreaming
dreams to which replace with.
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