La Marquise Casati par Man Ray (1922)
the furies are freedom burning within
they make life cold and indefinite
on the banks of the river seine
widows come to make their devotions
gloveless and ringless
children oft call them witches
they bring foxglove and rosehips
to foster vengeful goddesses
when headless widows talk
they spawn public discontent
tell windless tales of corrupt governments
and murdered offspring
of roman rule end of empires
the rape of Persephone
how men rose to be like gods
on the backs of despondant women
widows wander backstreets and alleys
until the bones break in their feet
then they sit and wait for death
as passerbys look beyond them
eating from garbage cans bathing in gutters
they damn themselves to freedom
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