I’m a metaphor, an oxymoronic breath
of science dressed in words.
I wield veneer (a mask) of sense
my skin a dress for wounds.
I love my life but speak of death,
and sometimes late at night
I merge with borrowed narratives
and chameleon myself as someone else.
Mama Zen wants us to write a bio in 50 words or less at toads. I loved the task and wrote this one. I have made up for my late start and have done more than 30 poems this month.
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April 28, 2016
Björn Rudbergs writings 
Love the idea of being a chameleon and ‘my skin a dress for wounds’ suggests so much. Lovely.
Very honest poem, Bjorn, and well put together. K.
No you’re not; you’re an Andy Warhol artwork! (Can’t fool me.)
Those closing lines are so cool!
an oxymoronic breath
of science dressed in words
That is the perfect description of the scientist-poet!
Love this introspective, and the pic is very cool. A true chameleon of multi-talents.
I love this: “science dressed in words”
Love love love those last lines, especially!
Excellent poem – great images and kudos for word choice!
Perfect. Just perfect!
You are quite the creative chameleon!
I feel the merger of Walt Whitman (in far less words) and Andy Warhol. This is just so “cool.” (I don’t much like that expression, but…)
And I have to admit I have read very little by Walt Whitman… 🙂
“I love my life but speak of death”
I loved this, and the above line is pretty boss. Well-crafted.
Sometimes it is fun to be someone else….if just for a little while….
Enjoyed this, line for line. I think most of us wonder, now and then, what it would be like to be someone else 🙂
“I love my life but speak of death,” this gathered my attention…sometimes I feel like the more I’m enjoying life the more I think of death…like things are maybe too good. Strange?
Awesome lines.
Good poetic bio, Bjorn. I like the art piece of your likeness. Colorful. 🙂 — Suzanne
“I wield veneer..” that is just one of the best lines I’ve read in awhile, Bjorn, honest and strong, as is the whole poem–the truth of every word just leaps off the page.