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depictions by the rule of thirds; descriptions mostly freestyle words
Golem
Out of the fog and smoke of Prague
they summoned a shapeless mass
from ducts of bile
veins where streets of spilled blood ran
nerve thin alleys of the ghetto
a being strong as scapegoat fear
tended by prayer and spells for breath
Awestruck was the rabbi
blood libels faded into background
silent were the parallel people of the town
but when neither please nor Elders’ edicts
brought their behemoth to heel
the Golem’s Truth became death*
*In one mythology the Golem is brought to life with the hebrew word ‘Emet’ (truth) written in ashes on its forehead and could only be disabled by rubbing out the first letter so that it read Met (death) – Jewish Virtual Library
Joining Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie for Wordle #158
9 Comments on “Golem”
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Oooh I love the tie in with mythology Laura, the vivid imagery fantastic work
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marvellous prompt from you summoned this 🙂
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Thank you Laura glad it inspired!
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Fabulous alchemy here, Laura. Specially like this line: ‘nerve thin alleys of the ghetto’. Have you seen those early movie clips of the Golem – probably on YouTube.
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have seen old B&W movie Tish and read Meyrink’s alchemical book several times over – seems he and I discovered Kabbalah and cannabis though not in the same era 😛
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Your words were well infused, methinks 🙂
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Wow, this was fascinating!
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An intriguing myth indeed 🙂
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🙂
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