mythology

Lamb to the Slaughter

I set my heart between your teethto fulfill Delphic prophecy;slit my throat and slowly bledwhile chanting prayers in my head. Gouged out my offending eyesto strip the pretense and disguise,set them at your burning altar—these first sins of Adam’s daughter. When was it that I misspoke?What ancient rite did you invoketo carve me up as…

Howl

Around a thousand years agobefore the first man’s rise,I chanced upon a trickster foxthat promised me the nighttime skies. It led me to an empty field,its tail curled ‘round my wrist,“A simple trade,” it said to me,“None but the foolish would resist.” “Look up,” whispered the fox to me,“I offer you no lies.”Above me sat…