Ariel Reborn

Ariel Reborn
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“And watched
his blood gleam”
—Ted Hughes, “Meeting,”
The Hawk in the Rain
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Monsters in the attic—
Mirrors that talked back
A turning inside-out
Zodiac killer in the dark

I can’t sleep at night—
House of Usher groaning
Moaning in the Moors
Prehistoric Stonehenge me
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Mytholmroyd monoliths—
Jagged rugged tombstones
Markers of ancient lust
My Paleolithic prick

I knew myself well—
My Yorkshire brooding youth
The yolk that gave me birth
My dark moody sullenness
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Cambridge sophisticates—
High Cathedral worshippers
Abattoirs of Beowulf’s Britain
Slinky stealthy Jaguar race

Ariel Reborn—
New England Dominatrix
Maneater of manly Moors
Stag Goddess of the Night