Jan 2012
It was chilly in the house of stone
where the body of Maud’s son
had been interred the year before.
(Her first born had died young.)
Her lover was a Frenchman,
Maud Gonne was her name.
She was, of course, a famous muse-
as William Butler’s flame.
She let down her golden hair
and her clothing came undone.
Lucien lay a blanket down
on the gravestone of their son.
She lay her naked beauty down
and took a passive role--
convinced the child conceived that night
would have her dead son’s soul.
Mystic occult spirits danced
as mortal flesh entwined.
Lucien spasmed flush with lust
Maud called on the Divine.
In course of time a girl was born
a child of beauty rare
But that she held her brother’s soul
none can, for sure, declare.
where the body of Maud’s son
had been interred the year before.
(Her first born had died young.)
Her lover was a Frenchman,
Maud Gonne was her name.
She was, of course, a famous muse-
as William Butler’s flame.
She let down her golden hair
and her clothing came undone.
Lucien lay a blanket down
on the gravestone of their son.
She lay her naked beauty down
and took a passive role--
convinced the child conceived that night
would have her dead son’s soul.
Mystic occult spirits danced
as mortal flesh entwined.
Lucien spasmed flush with lust
Maud called on the Divine.
In course of time a girl was born
a child of beauty rare
But that she held her brother’s soul
none can, for sure, declare.
Legendary Irish Beauty, Maud Gonne, had a boy, Georges with her lover, a French Politician. When the child died young Maud became convinced that the child's soul could be reincarnated if she conceived again on the grave of her dead child. In November 1893 she took her lover inside their son's mausoleum and conceived a daughter, Iseult Gonne, This daughter later had a brief affair with Ezra Pound and received a marriage proposal from William Butler Yeats.
(63/M/NY)
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