Nancy Spero worked herself to life.
Churning through the mayhem done to women
is the self-possessed
integrity of Lesbos, without
patriarchal lesions, ties, woman in love with
feminine dynamics.  The dildos are aswim
in the Dionysus.
The male is a lake of bathing female serpents.
Aug. 2000


Poem by Clayton Eshleman ©2000     Artwork "To Sappho, Lesbos, Greece" by Nancy Spero ©2000