Vanitas

[kindofahippy]

I swear I could make a living
thing out of my teacup
if she would sit still
and really listen to me

This stanza just grabs my attention. After the placid still-life scene, this is like a neon sign. May I inquire what the inspiration was for this? I can only mentally place a living teacup with Beauty and the Beast.

The last two lines, "if she would sit still and really listen to me", that's fascinating. The feminine connotation, the idea of someone so lonely that a thought like this would even pop up, that 'only my cat and my tea cup ever listens to me, and if only old grandfather clock would stop talking once in a while'. I see a Judaic-Christian theme in making a living thing from clay. I can even feel the protaganist, with shaky hands, spilling droplets of tea despite a backsplash of peace. It's original, striking, ambiguous, and beautiful.