We whimsically wondered why
wandered victims by
and through our uniquely human history
of sexual trauma
and therapeutic politics
Mythically hinting
hunting
poly-resonant
mono-vulnerable
half full, half empty
gendered pantheology
Spanning spies discovering economic magic
denies political monoculturing tragic
outcomes for godlike monolithic
monotheistic empire-building
Wherein straight white males
disproportionatly championed
a revengeful
and punishing MonoPolistic Judge
polarizing One-1 omnipotent God
While unstraight
unwhite
unmasculine
marginalized
enslaved
and colonized
Would restore Mother Eartha's original
nurturing conservational economy
Nutritional ecosystemic politics
for wellness-natured spirits
Advocating sexual polytheistic immanence
imploring sacred not yet empty
circling recycling interdependence
inspiraling half-full health
pregnant with potential
sacred safety
half-empty zero-0 wombed
regeneratively polytheistic.
A wise-cracking tourist in a Greek art gallery
heckles the curator with each irksome inquiry:
Why do the healthy, muscular gods and demigods
who are supposed to be straight and sturdy like steel rods,
often appear softy, unmasculine and are shown
wearing skimpy, see-through, draping clothing they've outgrown?
Why do they recline or fight in poses effeminate?
Zeus gingerly picking a thunderbolt from a plate;
Ares, god of war, about to strike a lethal blow
with graceful wrists, dainty fingers and a ballet toe.
Why does Apollo stand like he's just smoothly curtsied,
and Achilles waltzes through a combat he fancied?
Why is Prometheus naked as he steals the gods' fire
as Poseidon sashays through the waves with mute desire?
The irked curator says it's not her obligation
to fill the gaps in the tourist's art education!
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