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"A suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy grew in my mind, which turned the hairs on my head to filthy..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 22:02:56 +0100

“

A suspicion, a doubt, a jealousy
grew in my mind,
which turned the hairs on my head to filthy snakes
as though my thoughts
hissed and spat on my scalp.

My bride’s breath soured, stank
in the grey bags of my lungs.
I’m foul mouthed now, foul tongued,
yellow fanged.
There are bullet tears in my eyes.
Are you terrified?

Be terrified.
It’s you I love,
perfect man, Greek God, my own;
but I know you’ll go, betray me, stray
from home.
So better by for me if you were stone.

I glanced at a buzzing bee,
a dull grey pebbly fell
to the ground.
I glanced at a singing bird,
a handful of dusty gravel
spattered down.

I looked at a ginger cat,
a housebrick
shattered a bowl of milk.
I looked at a snuffling pig,
a boulder rolled
in a heap of shit.

I stared in the mirror.
Love gone bad
showed me a Gorgon.
I stared at a dragon.
Fire spewed
from the mouth of a mountain.

And here you come
with a shield for a heart
and a sword for a tongue
and your girls, your girls.
Wasn’t I beautiful
Wasn’t I fragrant and young?

Look at me now.

”

- Medusa by Carol Ann Duffy http://rinabeana.com/poemoftheday/index.php/2008/06/06/medusa-by-carol-ann-duffy/

tattoosbymaery: Medusa. A portrait.

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:57:28 +0100

tattoosbymaery:

Medusa. A portrait.

WHAT IS YOUR EARLIEST HUMAN MEMORY?

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:43:24 +0100

Um… Being with my sisters, perhaps?

damemasnicasio: Medusa by *RobShields

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:35:57 +0100

damemasnicasio:

Medusa by *RobShields

estrogenqueen: The story of Medusa is so sad. She’s raped by Poseidon and then Athena turns Medusa...

Tue, 07 May 2013 21:33:39 +0100

estrogenqueen:

The story of Medusa is so sad.

She’s raped by Poseidon and then Athena turns Medusa into a gorgon because it happened in her temple. Then she gets her head cut off by Perseus which Athena pretty much takes the head like it’s a Louis Vuitton hand bag.

And when ever I research Medusa, alot of sources make it seem like the sex was consensual.

Poor Medusa…