Holy Matrimony Poem by Frank Avon

This springs from a recent rereading of Keats' 'Lamia, ' which I have always interpreted as representing a union of anima and animus - a union rejected by macho males, extreme rationalists (denying their emotional lives) , and the insensitive masses. Other allusions will be obvious: the Mormon concept of 'eternal' marriages, the Platonic myth of individuals seeking their lost other halves, and the like. My use of the term 'epigenetic' is not literal. Technically, it refers to the operation of DNA, producing various, differing cells from one unit; e.g., the fertilized ovum. I am using it metaphorically to refer to one self springing from the union of two incividual selves, the 'heavenly' from the 'earthly.'