dredpiratebunny

this piece is inspired by a painting which can be found on www.marrusart.com ...go to the "carouselle" section and click on "neleh"....sorry i dont have a more direct link to it.

4 dec 04

the ships enter on tiptoe
silent wake
thumping
rowing
the wind dead, fading

she's been returned to us
subdued
displayed
renamed

they creep ashore
faces smug and bold
treading water, treading sand
full of weight and flesh and pride

they have built wheels
she hangs
is pulled
is pushed
stuck dangling in her beauty
gravity lusting through her middle
her belly caught praying to apollo
pulled up
pushed down

the crowd cheers
we are backward to her
skewered
she wiggles her toes
testing her existence

this is how to keep a butterfly
how to reclaim the prize
she thinks of being quartered
drawn
by four brilliant horses
and is instead the mare
they climb on and on

she sees the shoreline receding above her
curses her gaping eyes that pulse
remembers her freedom
dreams of troy