Tag: pentheus

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  and some days, Pentheus, like the 
  rest of us, is torn to souvenirs 
  by his mother and her maenads 
  as just a few words will poison 
  park and pond so you forgo the 
  
  many strings that tie you to the 
  rest and restless and still tug in 
  the struggle against the sun, and
  no I can’t really see either but 
  
  a few more steps and we’ll rest for today
  you see sometimes we have to go 
  on like this and suffer another prelude
  
  one day molten gold or the certainty
  of a chrysalis under a leaf

  December 12, 2025

  chrysalis, gold, maenads, mother, pentheus, prelude, souvenirs, strings, sun

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