t h e b e a u t y c a l l s h e r s e l f b e a s t
lacking a middle way
from brothel to palace
from venus´ s bath to leprosy
from lilith to saint therese
from procuress to lady of the unicorn
from beatrix to meretrix from line to dot from temple to sand
from hipatia of alexandria to dust
from telescope to comet
from rita hayworth to the regenta
from white goddess to big swine
fox, snake, weasel
hag, bitch, doe, she-wolf
lone circe
with its hollow in the tide
from all the names of mr cohen
to all the films by mr allen
from the reverend´ s daughter to lesbia of ours
from the fairy melusine to mesalina
to mescaline and sweet neus
between opposites i live and love because my reason has no reason on earth
i was born a tear not knowing what i was doing here
i was born a beast with no mirror
with no frames of this kind
a mock of mediocrity
a she-machiavelli between reason of state and the rotten apple in the barrel
from berenice to ligeia
from belladonna to odalisque
valkyrie geisha
concubine
mare breaking into a square oneiric state
from here to there from up going down
from it to she
and she-snake
she-egg
she-sperm
she-soul
she-fire
going on endlessly
intensely
