Object of your gruesome experimentation, br You stuck their megavolt electrodes br Of hearsay, revisionism, hatefulness and received un-wisdom br To my temples past, present and future br Like some screwed up anti-alchemist: br A Pavlov with no need of dog br Salivating at the prospect br Of conjuring Lead from our Gold, br And threw the ‘Old Sparky’ switch br With such dispassionate detachment br I couldn’t recognize you br Though you looked so much like me. br br I convulsed silently, internally, br As ampères of indifference and rejection br Surged their shockwaves through br Rivers of blood suddenly thinner than water, br Feeling my DNA helix slowly unravelling: br Unpicked at the stiletto steels br Of knitting needles and crochet hooks br Cropping me head-first br As fast as your Mme Defarge fingers br Could unmake me. br br Static. br No longer shaped like me. br No more kinetic. br No longer shaped like you. br Relegated to an inert element br Not even a sun’s nuclear reactor br Can transmute: br .... Only a daughter’s.