Eurydice. Poem by Ginny S.

there once was a springtime
dill lavender blue
the scene never softer
in nival review

the serpent; the may queen
danced fate’s minuet
while lovers and sisters
played long on their frets

the singers, the stardust
took may to the moon
where white holy larvae
spin tapestry loom

the may queen, the moth queen
dance porch light ballet
he caught her; he kept her
she won’t fly away

she tried and she tried
to break free from her home
she would sit and she’d cry
in the cramped diamond dome

that night she got out
when he screwed off the lid
he turned just to hold her
she’d already left

he turned just to hold her
but she’d already left.