Magnum Opus

poetry's Magnum Opus:

the lie in Sappho's heart

strings society pulls

of common morals

and useless laws

two positives never meet

two southern poles 'cannot' exist

all that is hidden can be found

if you dare to seek it and break

mediocre customs of mankind

forbidding such natural ardour

and Sappho's lyre resounds

in empty temple halls

and through dungeons

and flying finally free

over mountains and olive groves

to kiss the velvet noapte

eternally sweet reveries