They all carried her heart on their bragging pikes.
She saw it as a sign that she had done everything wrong.
She looked at it, the deformation, outside of her body, taken
From her, dragged away. She thought, that’s how they exist eternally.
A dry wind took over in her mind and she found no solace. She was sure that
She too would survive if she walked in the other direction of her heart.
Girls didn’t understand why she still painted her face, accentuated her beauty.
She looked at them and realised that they were trapped forevermore.
They didn’t understand why she didn’t disappear entirely, her mind and appearance
Didn’t match. And she observed their imprisoned behaviour, flirtatious, and fell down
Within herself and ingested their weight. Soon she became frightened by her proper
Contemplations and the images that she evoked when she felt so undeniably alone.
“Portrait de femme dit de Simonetta Vespucci” by Piero di Cosimo (1462-1522)
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My name is Laura Gentile. I’m of German-Italian descent and I speak five languages such as English, German, French, Italian, Luxembourgish and I’m currently learning Romanian.
I hold a Master of Arts Degree in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Dissertation: The Decadent in Love with his Psychopomp: Thomas Mann's 'Death in Venice' and Adrian Lyne's 'Lolita') and a Master of Letters by Research in English Literature, Film and Visual Culture (Thesis: Romanticising Decadence and Aestheticising Death: Women as Projection Bodies and Mimetic Identities in Zola’s 'Thérèse Raquin', Schnitzler’s 'Dream Story', Süskind’s 'Perfume: The Story of a Murderer' and Eugenides’ 'The Virgin Suicides').
My debut novel, 'Within Paravent Walls', will be published by WiDo Publishing / E. L. Marker.
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