We learnt soon enough that “manage and mount,”
as a description lacks a certain nous,
preventing it from giving full account
or being, really, of efficient use.
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
Watch eye or heart, as held in proper place,
while sight and feeling sit in their right part,
with decent music lending a soft grace
to normal sunlight shaped by normal art.
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
I go too fast, the well-told human tale
advances from the stormy to the safe,
from insecure to never bound to fail;
the limits matter, even though they chafe.
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
Some say the Huntress made the fatal choice,
others the Hunted could have been more plain,
but Her’s was not the only valid voice:
His silence gave no sign of actual pain.
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
He chose to hunt at the same point in time
she called her hounds to scout ahead for game.
That was his original, undisputed, crime,
and source of every second of her shame.
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
Dogs cannot tell the unknown friend from foe,
we are their wisdom, their mistakes are hours;
if a goddess cannot, single-minded, know
whom she will choose, what good are divine powers?
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
So they encountered, deep inside the woods,
the baying hounds rendered all thought unclear,
she did not see his brightness, nor his goods,
and slaughtered all she would have held most dear.
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
It was his fault, while seeking a young hare,
to stumble over the Queen of a Pride,
and learn that simply breathing the same air
is justification to end the ride.
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
Eyes, lips, and nose, the sights that held her fast,
consumed by her bright hounds’ hungry maws;
even her vision could not make them last
under the domination of her laws.
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
When it is late it is well past the time,
even a goddess can undo the wrong
punishment given to so slight a crime.
The strong end up by hobbling the strong.
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
So, set the virgins to moan this hard loss;
command the rivers to lament and weep,
and not to let a small male soul across
the final barrier before the deep.
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
Each year, the promise of each youthful breath,
announces the fresh leaves of each new spring.
The sudden awfulness of unjust death,
we learn, today, is permissible sin.
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
Gods are infallible, and we are not,
the burden of each soft nursery rhyme,
is the good fortune, and the heavy lot,
of they who judge and punish every crime.
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
Prince, you have asked, and you have now been told,
how human tragedies may touch the gods.
The time when kindness turns to Arctic cold,
and each one learns they cannot beat the odds.
So she found out, upon the Levant shore,
it was not possible to demand more.
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