What Is a Man
What Is “A Man”?
A man is:
when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man,
notching a slot where a rib should be.
A man is:
when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man
to bring to the market to sell.
A man is:
when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man
to turn the heads of children carried in their parent’s arms.
A man is:
when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man
to return home barely wrapped after failing to sell.
A man is:
when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man
to bequeath to your children to break its belly when
coins reach the throat.
A man is:
when you sculpt a piggy bank of clay giving it the shape of a man
without being able to explain how.
Copyright © David Robakidze | Year Posted 2011
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