Poetry & Art

archetype

archetype 

the god of the universe made adam, but the god of science made the atom. 

if adam made of atoms, what is eve made of?    

is the kitchen table just a round table or the round table? 

is the whale that swallowed jonah the same that ate Pinocchio? is it named moby dick? 

is the snow-white or is someone in a casket, waiting to wake? 

should we close our ears and ignore the singing of sirens or perhaps the ringing of sirens? 

is pandora’s box full of evil or music? 

is riding hood little and red or little and read? is it a basket of pastries or books?  

is the golden apple of troy the same apple in adam’s neck? 

how am I supposed to know what’s real and what’s not if everything’s the same? 

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by Morgan Kail-Ackerman

With a strong love for writing, Morgan has always been a storyteller. An avid reader, a passionate thespian, and an expressive dancer, Morgan is a well-rounded and driven artist. Her work as a writer and playwright explores love, social justice metaphors through magic, women's rights, fairy tale retellings, and queer relations. She currently lives in Chicago where she works as a teacher, while working on her first novel manuscript, collaborating on her quarterly feminist literary magazine They Call Us, and reading any book she can get her hand on.


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