the squelch of the Maenads' feet
danced grass into mud.
their murderous waters breaking--
carrying Orpheus' head in their bellies.
their glazed masks of perspiration became
stuck to weedy tresses of hair--loose as the
plucked strings of Orpheus' lyre.
their droplets of sweat premixed with blood.
Dionysus obliterating memories of irreversible
inebriation between his teeth--grape clusters
downing his chin like a handfed babe.
Orpheus' harmonic Sparagmos--where the
eidolon of every G*d reverberates an uppermost
image.
as Orpheus' head meandered, crashed & tumbled
thru the River Hebros--his lyre stayed by this throat.
playing dismemberment.
the goat song of tragedy.
undercurrents of Hades saturating Hebros with the
narrowest name of water--leading out to...
Dec 3, 2023
Dec 3, 2023 at 2:36 AM UTC
the squelch of the Maenads' feet
danced grass into mud.
their murderous waters breaking--
carrying Orpheus' head in their bellies.
their glazed masks of perspiration became
stuck to weedy tresses of hair--loose as the
plucked strings of Orpheus' lyre.
their droplets of sweat premixed with blood.
Dionysus obliterating memories of irreversible
inebriation between his teeth--grape clusters
downing his chin like a handfed babe.
Orpheus' harmonic Sparagmos--where the
eidolon of every G*d reverberates an uppermost
image.
as Orpheus' head meandered, crashed & tumbled
thru the River Hebros--his lyre stayed by this throat.
playing dismemberment.
the goat song of tragedy.
undercurrents of Hades saturating Hebros with the
narrowest name of water--leading out to...
