Promiscuity of the Soul

This poem was written by Vinokur and was inspired by my colleauge SS. Thanks to both!

There is, of course, the promiscuity of flesh -
reviled or celebrated through the ages.

There is, as well, a promiscuity of the soul.
It madly, blindly, greedily grasps at life.

From this multiplicity, this frenzied fielding of efforts,
good or bad ensues:

Confusion, incompletion, frustration, sorrow, wreckage.
And, finally,
madness.

Or multi-faceted genius
steeped in knowledge, experience, wisdom.
It wins the Nobel Prize.
Is hailed, admired by all.

What determines
which it will be?
Biochemistry.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

Flesh or soul ..??

Kris Bass said...

Soul. Promiscuity of the flesh is already taken care of by many many writers. This is about the oxymoronish 'promiscuity of the soul'.

Kris

Alan said...

Thank you for posting this, Kris.

We don't have babies yet, but we do have poems.

Unknown said...

@ Kris ..

:) .. Yeah Flesh has been done to death and beyond .. What stings more ..?? and what ideally stings more ..??

@ Alan ..

Aren't memories together like babies too ..??

Alan said...

And then there's amnesia.

Murali Raman said...

Mirrors current states of mind so lucidly!

Alan said...

Maybe the memories/babies will come back some day.

In the meantime, there are our collaborations which in a very real sense are progeny.

I would like those kids and Skippy though.

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