{"id":112516,"date":"2022-06-25T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T20:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/?p=112516"},"modified":"2022-06-25T16:00:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T20:00:13","slug":"hour-seven-shrunken-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/hour-seven-shrunken-head\/","title":{"rendered":"Hour Seven: Shrunken Head"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hour Seven: Shrunken Head<\/b><\/p>\n

It had belonged to a man, a warrior in the Andes who met his end
\n<\/span>among the headhunter tribes who lived there then.
\n<\/span>They sewed his eyes shut, closed his mouth with wooden splints,
\n<\/span>soaked his head in an herbal concoction
\n<\/span>to shrink it to a third in size.
\n<\/span>An overnight smoking, a decorating ritual in the morning,
\n<\/span>and his evil power would also be reduced.
\n<\/span>Bereft of all supernatural strength,
\n<\/span>the head could be returned to its tribe.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now I gaze at it through its glass case
\n<\/span>in the museum in San Juan.
\n<\/span>I know its closed eyes could not see me
\n<\/span>and yet I feel an accusatory stare.
\n<\/span>\u201cWe were barbaric?
\n<\/span>And your leaders,
\n<\/span>They are so civilized?\u201d
\n<\/span>\u201cTouch\u00e9,\u201d I murmur
\n<\/span>as I move on
\nto the next display.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Look on your phone and find the 10th non selfie picture and use that as your prompt. \u2013 Prompt by\u00a0Deborah Dalton<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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