Dionysos and Dulcineas

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 Dionysos and Dulcineas


Dulcineas and Dionysos,
in that order, 
are all that really matter.

Hold the spinach, give me
olive oil.
But Dionysos and Dulcineas!

What is time, 
the age of girls
proportionate to their beauty.

Whether vintage, foreign
or domestic—
who works at the register?

Bottom shelf and plump
as the Round-Rumped Beasts 
of the Universities:

I am high and low
and middlebrow
as the actresses of the moment.

Dulcineas and Dionysos.

You all would be on your own:
But for Dionysos and Dulcineas,

I'd have no mind for terrorism
or heart of compassion.

Stray leopards, raspy coyotes,
we screech and prowl in bramble.