Melpomene in Ecstasy |
by Jamie Joy Gatto |
by Jamie Joy Gatto She walks in wondrous fields of calla lilies
singing,
Melpomene is in ecstasy. And with her dagger she carves the mark
To protect the lies, the pleaselings do
not see
Sex, lies, mendacity. Melpomene is in ecstasy. And when in death a love is lost for all
eternity,
No one cares to feel the sorrow growing
in the gut,
Melpomene is in ecstasy. And just as Sartre fell disloyal to Simone,
Melpomene, too found ecstasy. Dionysus left her hungry cunt and aching heart
to suffer alone
Oh, to fall in love with a man more endeared
to his drink
Melpomene? Do you weep? Melpomene is in ecstasy. Amen. Copyright 2000, 2001 Jamie Joy Gatto. All Rights Reserved. May not be re-printed in any form without express written consent of the author. |
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