Sunday, May 17, 2009

Letter to W.H. Auden


Letter to W.H. Auden

I hope this reaches you—in Athens, my dear
Chester tells me—Olympus is HOT!!!
While Rome on the Potomac—is burning
The Acropolis is—so cool and inviting
I hear the Ganymedes—are very appealing
Their marvelous cries—Boss Cupids weeping
Shakespeare lounging—with Madame Sycorax
Ariel and Caliban—dancing the Tango
Shelley playing Bridge—with Dante, Keats
And Miss Housman—forgetting all scholarship
Even Ted Hughes—seems to enjoy it
Thousands of lashes—with a wet noodle
Sylvia in black leather—Divine Dominatrix
Fresh from her—lovely Abu Ghraib visitation
She be into Electro-Love—zapping Baghdad
Getting even for men—frying Ethel Rosenberg
She be into SM Love—just like Miss Cheney!!!
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