Siren Song by Damon Price – £3,750

‘Siren Song’

Unique edition in bronze.

Size 60cm 24cm x 16cm

Price £3,750

This piece is inspired by the poem “Siren Song” by Margaret Atwood. 
The poem addresses gender roles, seduction and vanity. 
 
This is the one song everyone
would like to learn: the song
that is irresistible:


the song that forces men
to leap overboard in squadrons
even though they see the beached skulls


the song nobody knows
because anyone who has heard it
is dead, and the others can't remember.


Shall I tell you the secret
and if I do, will you get me
out of this bird suit?


I don't enjoy it here
squatting on this island
looking picturesque and mythical


with these two feathery maniacs,
I don't enjoy singing
this trio, fatal and valuable.


I will tell the secret to you,
to you, only to you.
Come closer. This song


is a cry for help: Help me!
Only you, only you can,
you are unique


at last. Alas
it is a boring song
but it works every time.