"Who, when they gave thee breath,  Failed to bequeath  The needful sinew stark as once,  The Baresark marrow to thy bones,  But left a legacy of ebbing veins,  Inconstant heat and nerveless reins,—  Amid the Muses, left thee deaf and dumb,  Amid the gladiators, halt and numb." -Terminus (excerpt), Ralph Waldo Emerson Here are the … Continue reading The Exanimate →