MENELOAS

IT IS SAID THAT
WHEN MENELAOS
HE OF BLOOD RED IRE
HAIR REDDENED
BY THE FURIOUS FIRE
OF A MARRIAGE
LONG FRUSTRATED
BY THE SHAME
OF BETRAYAL
BURST INTO
THAT BURNING SACK
CALLED ILLIUM

HE WAS READY
QUITE PREPARED
TO END THE LIFE
OF THE SNOW SKIN BITCH
WHO LAUNCHED
ABOUT A THOUSAND SHIPS.

BLADE AND BODY
BEDEWED
WITH THE SPATTERED
BLOOD, BONE, BRAINS
OF HELEN'S RECENT LOVE

MENELAOS

HE OF BLOOD RED IRE
NOSTRILS FILLED WITH
GRIM DESIRE
PREPARED
TO FREE HIMSELF
AT LAST
BUT
HELEN HAD A WEAPON
NO MAN
COULD STAND AGAINST
ALL SHE DID
WAS BARE HER BREAST

MENELAOS LOST

II

THAT NIPPLE

DARKER THAN
THE RICHEST WINE
MEN WOULD DILUTE
WITH WATER
INTOXICATED
BECKONED HIM
TO SUCKLE ON
HIS PRISON

MENELAOS

HE OF BLOOD IRE
WHO WITH HIS RAGE
HAD FORMED DEAD BRONZE
INTO ARMAMENTS OF HATRED

MENELAOS

HE OF BLOOD RED IRE
NOSTRILS FILLED WITH
GRIM DESIRE
THE STINKING STENCH
OF MASSACRES
COULD KNOW AND FEEL
THAT HE HAD LOST

WITHOUT A WORD
SHE BECKONED HIM
SILENT SIREN
A SHAPE SHIFTER
FOREVER POSSESSED
FOREVER ELUSIVE

MENELAOS

HE OF BLOOD RED IRE
SAW THE CALM BLUE COOLNESS
OF HER GLACIAL EYES
SPATTERING SWORD BODY
BEDEWED WITH THE
BLOOD, BONE, BRAINS
OF HER RECENT LOVER
WITH WAVES AND WAVES
OF ECSTASY

OH, HOW HE HATED HER
OH, HOW HE WANTED HER

THAT NIPPLE

SWEETER THAN HONEY
BEES KEEP FOR THEIR QUEEN
BECKONED HIM
TO SUP UPON
CELESTIAL AMBROSIA

MENELAOS

HE OF BLOOD RED IRE
WHO TORCHED HIS SOUL
AND LOST CONTROL
BESERKED BEYOND HUMANITY
WITH THE NEED FOR
VENGEANCE

MENELAOS

HE OF BLOOD RED IRE
NOSTRILS FILLED WITH
GRIM DESIRE
THAT POTENT SCENT
OF MEMORIES
COULD KNOW AND FEEL
THAT HE WAS LOST

WITHOUT A WORD
SHE BECKONED HIM
CALM COOL MISSTRESS
WHO RULED ALL

THAT NIPPLE

MORE PRIMAL THAN
THOSE SOUR-SWEET
MEMORIES
MEMORIES OF EVERYMAN'S
MOTHER
BECKONED HIM
TO FEAST UPON
THE FOUNTAIN OF VITALITY
THE BOUNDARIES OF HIMSELF

III

IT IS SAID THAT
WHEN MENELAOS
HE OF BLOOD RED IRE
HAIR REDDENED
BY THE FURIOUS FIRE
OF A MARRIAGE
LONG FRUSTRATED
BY THE SHAME
OF BETRAYAL
BURST INTO
THAT BURNING SACK
CALLED ILLIUM
HE WAS NOT READY
QUITE UNPREPARED
TO END THE LIFE
OF THE SNOW SKIN BITCH
WHO SANK
ABOUT A THOUSAND SHIPS