Gregor's Mother's POV
My dear son Gregor
Who once was so dear to me
Now a bug I see
Gregor's POV
Is it only me?
who can't seem to understand
my father's disgust?
Grete's POV
Gregor supported
My conservatory dream
What will I do now?
Gregor's Father's POV
Once my only son
Changed into an ugly bug
Now nothing to me
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ReplyDeleteSpindly little legs
Support my grotesque body
Barely support me
Stare out the window
Isolated in darkness
Where did beauty go
The violin sings
Grete's talent goes unnoticed
Gregor yearns for her
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ReplyDeleteWas Kafka depressed?
His strong self-hatred suggests
He needed Prozac
Harsh modernity
Kafka shows in his writing
It's effects on him
Grete loved her brother
Until he was a burden
Then she hated him
Are we all Gregor?
Is his pain universal?
Felt in unique ways?
Is it natural...
My mother's strong repulsion?
Or is it my fault?
"How dare you Gregor!"
his father thinks constantly
Engulfed in anger
Sad Kafka was spared,
dead before the Holocaust,
though his life was dark