I sleep less than ever now
it feels as though I guard
These helpless dreamers
With my garlic love

My son believes I can
Vanquish his monsters
So he takes his father’s place
Beside me, finally breathing

I read Eliot and shudder,
Terrible beauty, portents all.
Morning finds my girls
Happy, powerful

Twinned, they dream of war
Conquer planets, so I wonder
At such creatures they become
Fearful of the sacrifice

Such savagery is due