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Maranasati (Poem)
a vulture vigilant on the dead tree
a lone sentinel to silent decay
no need to call a wake upon this rotting
all are watchmen unwitting or not
moulder begets beauty and corpse bugs glitter
death another step on the path
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Electra’s Love (Poem)
driven to the refuge of shadows
so not to become her mother’s sacrificial prey
another child offered to uncaring gods
by a parent bent on insane pursuit of their own goals
she watched as her mother danced about with gibbering glee
and even as she shouted in her madness
words that jangled with sharp strident barbs
and waved her anger hotter than any blazing branch
Electra loved her, even as she wept in fear
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Klytemnestra In Old Age (Poem)
her features sharpened to a knife’s edge
her voice given over to vinegar’s bite
her gaze still meets like the first freeze of autumn
she has no more reasons for softness’ pretense
the falseness of honeyed concern
once again she is free from usual constraint
keep close watch and take heed
else she might burn the house down around her
again, and as before laugh at the devastation
do you care if your children scream in the flames
