To See What Rises
$19.00
CW Books, 2023
Diana Explains about Actaeon
It wasn’t modesty, I’m gorgeous,
although aeons older than the stars
you discard at first sag. A goddess
has no expiration date. And no,
I won’t titillate you with descriptions
of my eyes or muscle tone. There’s
far too much of that in poems.
No boy can reduce me
to a worn-out trope – woman exposed
or shining in the light
of the male gaze.
He needed to learn
how an object feels
I cast my spell.
I called the dogs.