Adonis putting Two and Two Together & In Terrorem, two poems by Vassilis Zambaras

      Adonis putting Two and Two Together

      After lopping off
      A limping male poetic

      Limb or two, the liberated
      Muse’s shark-like mouth

      Cannot be said to be
      Sardonic, nor her smile ironic,

      Though some macho moronic
      Poets have gone so far

      As to call it romantically emasculating—
      A void, a fathomless yawning abyss.

      ***

      With all due
      Respect to Percy,

      If Mary were here,
      I’d surmise

      She’d find nothing at all
      Amiss with this script;

      After all she was
      Nobody’s monster,

      Just Frankenstein’s perfect
      Ms.

      In Terrorem

        Remember:

        In

        ter
        min

        able,
        un

        flinch
        ing

        err

        or
        un

        er

        ring
        ly

        true,

        e
        pluribus

        unum
        skull

        and
        bones,

        red
        white,

        blue.


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