Cain And Abel In The Air
I saw a big bird today, white as innocence
No wait, I saw a picture of a big white bird today
and actually, there were not one, but two birds
One very big and ferocious, out for a kill
the other smaller and a victim for a murderer in feathers
Yeah, and both were in the air, flapping their wings
The one was being eaten alive by the other one
a beak deep inside its back, but none the less alive
what struck me was their twin quality, Cain and Abel
the killer was a seagull and so was its victim
forever the big Cain killing his smaller brother Abel
By the way, do seagulls eat seagulls?
Well, do humans obliterate humans, turn them into nothing?
And didn't I avert my eyes from this unbearable cruelty
because it wasn't real, only a picture of something, real or not?
Yes, it's tempting to stick with the pictures and throw out
what's only all too real in a world of cruel realities?
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And yes, this is part of my ongoing, recent broodings about the relationship of words and pictures that started with reading this statement: "A picture may say more than 1000 words ...."
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