Frankenstein Reawakened by Kenneth Vincent Walker

Frankenstein Reawakened

A hideous, disfigured,

Creature made of limbs

And spare parts; a lump

Of grotesque flesh lying

On a slab in stillness, in

The cold, damp and dark;

Awaiting the rumble with

Exhilarating expectations

Of thunder and lightning

And an electrical charge;

Alongside a sacrosanct

Visionary, an unorthodox

Young scientist, a lunatic

If you like; applying the

Principles of Galvanism

To reanimate dead tissue;

Playing God creates such

Unintended issues, as the

Rejected creation, now,

Aborted from its master’s

Affection seeks revenge.