Author: David Redpath

The Used Lover Blues (3)

A Pantheon of Seduction (Redux)

As a naïve teenager
of unsullied Innocence
I was ruthlessly seduced
by a Grecian lover
who’s pagan charm
( of grievous bodily harm
to any a mere mortal )
all sensual and mysterious
was in truth impossible
for a curious youth
such as my good self
to ever resist
She of a higher power
from lofty Mount Olympus
the erotically reckless
exotic goddess … Aphrodite
Was it her insatiable desire
that so graciously
nearly killed me with her
all consuming divinity?

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The Used Lover Blues (4)

An Epicurean Conundrum:

Carnal The Bristle
Mortal The Brush
Forever That Hunger
Of A Celestial Rush

A hasty summit commences
upon Mount Olympus
amongst some random Immortals
(Not the fictional entities
of Harry Potter, but the fanciful
deities of a bygone era)
with an opening statement
from Demeter . . .
the much revered Earth Mother;

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For Far Too Long

. . . or not long enough?

The Malingering

seven long months

convalescing

like some earth bound wraith 

unwelcomed

upon consecrated ground

whilst circling the deepest abyss

of some malevolent virus

to which I had no resistance

hellbent on my imminent death

in my weakness

in the darkness

faith put to the test

with a living dose

of heavenly strength

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