Daughters of Olympus

What comes of the girl

                    the womanchild

when her birth

                    her life

                              belong

                                        to the father?

 

Will wearing an aegis

                    a fringed goatskin

                    hung with the head

                              of the goddess

                                        slain

                    serpents coiling down

                    dead eyes grey

will wearing his aegis

                                            help her?

 

Will walking the wild woods

                    feet clad in sandals

                    thighs whipped by the short skirt

                    shoulder bearing the bow

                              and fine quiver

will walking the wild woods

                                            free her?