A Mannequin-Builder’s Woe

~ Frank Solanki

When in school I had to study
Science was not so fun
Me along with my buddy
Couldn’t wait till school was done

Years later, not for passing
I picked the books again
Slowly surely I kept amassing
Knowledge in my brain

The world around me was broken
Down in marvellous parts
The words that popped out unspoken
Settled straight inside my heart

I fell in love with Mother Nature
And how she ruled her space
She offers a peek into the future
And shows everyone their place

Sometimes I like to stop and ponder
How different life would have been
If I had gone on chasing wonders
Instead of building mannequins

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Published by Frank Solanki

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37 thoughts on “A Mannequin-Builder’s Woe”

  2. Frank who is Mother Nature? I only know that God created the earth and everything on it and he has also sustained it for many thousands of years.
    Also tell me what you mean by building mannequins?

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  3. Beautiful, I love this… To me it speaks of the devastating effect of growing up in the heavily structured, socialised, and divorced from nature world we do (in the West in particular)… We create replicas of nature all the time and to what end? Who does that actually serve?

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    1. It’s been a long journey and it feels amazing to be on this platform for so long. WordPress is a great, friendly community. Here are a few key things that I do:

      Post regularly and enjoy the process of writing.
      Read posts by other bloggers and engage with them.
      Not be bothered about the number of likes but rather focus on writing content which I want to. The work often finds its own niche supporters.

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  17. Love mannequin building as a metaphor, especially as you present it in opposition to science/nature/living. Says a heap-load about modern society. (Oh wait, the prompt was “Say something”? 😉 I think you might have succeeded.)

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