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The Last Supper |
"The voice of the sea speaks to the soul.
The touch of the sea is sensuous,
enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace."
- from The Awakening by Kate Chopin
Edna had it right
but she leaned to the left.
She greeted guests
with a witty remark and
took a lover
after that dinner
of Biblical proportions.
(Or maybe
she married Ted Hughes
and went fishing for trout;
read about the sacred feminine
and considered joining
the Communist Party. )
At dinner
Edna mentioned her love
for Greek tragedies
as spirits came out of the sea
looking for a mortal wife.
Maybe a mythical seal
or a white horse
tricked her to ride him.
The Seduction was subtle
but came down like a large scythe
on a blue meadow.
Her husband
did not see it coming…
(… but then again, neither did Sylvia's.
If she was there with Edna,
she might have said,
“Seeing young men make tea
is still a source of silent mirth to me!”)
And they slept,
Edna and Sylvia,
after a dinner of forced smiles,
after standing naked on the shore,
slept the pure sleep
of sirens
at the bottom
of the ocean floor.
copyright 2005
Armine
Iknadossian |
