Like A Scorpion
by Batya MacAdam-Somer
Poetic Rendering of a Tenam Performance
November 2022
Ocean remnant
The structure remains
Keep it simple
No need for more complexity
The complexity is there
See it, witness it
We were swimming
Dissolved land
Creates life
What if you could witness a million years?
What if you could run your hands over each contour?
Hold the space
The literal space
Standing at the bottom of an ancient ocean
Roaming over pebbles from distant lands
What if you held poison inside of you?
What would it feel like to unleash it?
Would it define you?