medusa quotes Flashcards
A suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy
grew in my mind
which turned the hairs on my head to filthy snakes
as though my thoughts\ hissed and spat on my scalp
My bride’s breath soured, stank
in the grey bags of my lungs
I’m foul mouthed now,
foul tounged \ yellow fanged
There are bullet tears in my eyes
Are you terrified
Be terrified
It’s you I love
perfect man, Greek God, my own;
but I know you’ll go betray me, stray \ from home
So better be for me
if you were stone
I glanced at a buzzing bee,
a dull grey pebble fell \ to the ground
I glanced at a singing bird,
a handful of dusty gravel \ spattered down
I looked at a ginger cat,
a housebrick \ shattered a bowl of milk
I looked at a snuffling pig
a boulder rolled \ in a heap of shit
I stared in the mirror \
Love gone bad / showed me a Gorgon
I stared at a dragon.
Fire spewed \ from the mouth of a mountain
And here you come
with a shield for a heart \ and a sword for a tongue
and your girls, your girls
Wasn’t I beautiful, Wasn’t I fragrant and young? Look at me now.