19 March 2009

maenad drums



Ancient prayers chanted,
elements invoked to intimacy.
Fire. Earth. Water. Air.
I wildly sing:
Come. Come. Come.

Shadow cast, bonfire lit,
I tendril beckon the god,
my lord and lover, twice born.

Welcome, I bid you.
Enter circle drawn.
Pluck succulence.
Sip sweet ripened flesh.

Here, entwine me
with fermented frenzy.
Spill in mounded field.
Heat. Limb. Damp. Breath.
Wildly we'll siren sing.
Here. Here. Here.



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