dionysus



i am wielder of chaos 
bearer of cozy poison 
hidden son of jupiter 
gestated from his thigh 
supple strapping boy
follow the crooked 
steps of spontaneous 
capering i will soothe 
your terrified gaze 
summon frantic defiant 
nymphs to slake 
your thumping skull 
with tender anarchy
my fierce priestesses
in robes of moonlight 
diaphanous cobweb 
will sing lilting implacable 
spells to wreck 
planets in their courses
wine and feral milk spouting 
from tap of hyssop branch
i will swaddle you 
in mother night caress 
you with snake tongue 
drizzle silky 
secret language 
of the rapacious
in your ear nudge 
succulent fissure 
yearning for arc 
of scalding bliss
lightning bone
sap of brief 
delectable death
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