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Dea Ex Machina
Dea Ex Machina
“In brief, shapeliness and smoothness of the flesh are desirable because they are signs of biological efficiency.”
– David Angus, The New York Times Book Review
My love is like Mies van der Rohe’s
“Machine for living”; she,
Divested of her underclothes,
Suggests efficiency.
Her supple shoulders call to mind
A set of bevelled gears;
Her lower jaw has been aligned
To hinge behind her ears.
Her hips, sweet ball-and-socket joints,
Are padded to perfection;
Each knee, with its patella, points
In just the right direction.
Her fingertips remind me of
A digital computer;
She couldn’t be, my well-tooled love,
A millimeter cuter.
John Updike 1932-
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“In brief, shapeliness and smoothness of the flesh are desirable because they are signs of biological efficiency.”
– David Angus, The New York Times Book Review
My love is like Mies van der Rohe’s
“Machine for living”; she,
Divested of her underclothes,
Suggests efficiency.
Her supple shoulders call to mind
A set of bevelled gears;
Her lower jaw has been aligned
To hinge behind her ears.
Her hips, sweet ball-and-socket joints,
Are padded to perfection;
Each knee, with its patella, points
In just the right direction.
Her fingertips remind me of
A digital computer;
She couldn’t be, my well-tooled love,
A millimeter cuter.
John Updike 1932-
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