An Alien

The Guennol Lioness is the most expensive sculpture ever sold at auction. If she were of another constitution, which was better suited to our social responsibilities – a frailty of son, a defenselessness of husband, a femininity of man, - she might be able to hope for an echo of our sympathy, to become a son, a husband, a man. Alas, a strength, a muscularity, a gender certainty, as well as a looking left dissociation – rather a detachment from reality than a loss of it - all of it makes she an alien with no legal right of abode in a here. But, when no one's looking, I nurse my dreams of her: the Guennol Lioness is worth its weight in gold. This is so sensual. Another Eight Word Challenge Poetry Contest Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann 07.07.2019