04-25-2017, 11:56 PM
Man
Boy.
There is a beast that lies
in every woman, or so my teacher says.
In the shape of a fly, in the shape of a boar --
Girl.
Your teacher lied.
There is land south of here,
the gods forgot to fly.
My father was a god,
my mother was a mortal.
She went to the land of the blessed
to rest, he went to the shore
to find her lying naked on the sand --
Boy.
And did she rush back into the sea
when he came singing to skin the boar?
Girl.
Was I born, or made? I merely drifted,
while she swam; and she
was a far better wrestler than any man --
Boy.
-- she knew, like you, how to transform
into a man. The beast that lies within
is a prince, while all grown men are kings,
or so my teacher says.
Boy.
There is a beast that lies
in every woman, or so my teacher says.
In the shape of a fly, in the shape of a boar --
Girl.
Your teacher lied.
There is land south of here,
the gods forgot to fly.
My father was a god,
my mother was a mortal.
She went to the land of the blessed
to rest, he went to the shore
to find her lying naked on the sand --
Boy.
And did she rush back into the sea
when he came singing to skin the boar?
Girl.
Was I born, or made? I merely drifted,
while she swam; and she
was a far better wrestler than any man --
Boy.
-- she knew, like you, how to transform
into a man. The beast that lies within
is a prince, while all grown men are kings,
or so my teacher says.