Sappho, when some fool
explodes rage
in your breast
hold back that
yapping tongue!
(barnard 76, fr. 158)

and the mirror
not her waking,
aching body showed,
but endless forms,
from feathered fractal
edges spilling out
a snowstorm
swirling silent
in her eyes
Sappho, when some fool
explodes rage
in your breast
hold back that
yapping tongue!
(barnard 76, fr. 158)