They took petal off of a rose in the field
And put it in a test tube
And altered it
And marred it with their
Smooth white hands
And they made it live with a false heartbeat
And called it 'wonderful.'
And thus I was born
Out of bloody water and chemical altering
With horns instead of ears
A thick purple tail
And angry eyes
A heart filled with a strange hate
And jealousy
She stares at me from the tablet
Her tail twisting around her body
Small and lithe
The perfect cat
That I was somehow copied from
But these paws of mine look leprous
And my heart is still not pure
I flexed my hands and the humans
Who painstakingly created me
Were obliterated in a flash of blue light
They couldn't touch me any more
And the waves washed up on the shore
As thudding sounds filled the air
And I was borne away to another cage
Partners, he said, as the helmet was placed over my eyes
And electric thrills ran up my arms
As fire dogs and raging Nidokings
Rushed me
But I swatted them aside
Realizing even then
That my power was unnatural
Prisoned, then, with the stinging words
Of my partner in my ears
So again I let forth a blue sigh
And soared into the air as
The building burned below me
I let drop the helmet on my birthplace grounds
And I vowed revenge
A false invite and a twist of my wrist
Bred the perfect storm
And they came for miles
Waiting inside the palace
For the Pokemon master to appear
And to my surprise—
So did she
Pitting brothers against each other she allowed
But when a human would befall harm
She appeared
A pink
Bubble
And a laugh
That burned into my memory, clearing clouds
She was what I was supposed to be
Smooth and graceful, with happy eyes
And I wondered
That the scientists spent twenty years making me
And the outcome was I—
So far away from the original
That even she couldn't see who I was supposed to be
So we fought
And I matched her in everything
But still I felt the need
To prove my worth
To this tiny pink animal
So much so that I nearly killed
A human being
His resurrection stunned me
And I was somehow too tired to go on
So we left
And now, I am here
And she is mist before my eyes
A shadow's dream
Of what might have been
I see my reflection in city puddles
I see the hand clenched at my side
And imagine that it is supposed to be
A tiny paw
I wonder if she is ashamed to be compared
To her clone
To me
A second Mew
A wonderful achievement
With my heartless body and my
Uncontrollable mind
I walk the world
And she follows, close at my shoulder
But not close enough to touch.