Do you know the story of the wreck of the Sea Venture and its failed journey to Virgina which was the inspiration for Shakespeare's Tempest. Those poor sailors and indentured vagrants who found freedom on Bermuda became Sycorax's Caliban... read something about this the other day.. anyway always dig these virginia poems.. and the Fox in Dogon myth is a really interesting character, some stuff in the Griaule I think, Les Renard des pale (sic) or some such, great book.
lq > to safe the dew > from the sun > those brief kings're > stretched into cakes > > > these sweets are near, > gently dressed, for > the Thorn's Holiday > from the rose, oh, no > more roses in Virginia's > cheeks? now the roses > are gone you can see > the fox in her cheeks runs, > shiny-eyed & panting, from > end to end, quilted in hymns > > > the fox in Virginia's > cheeks is well-fed - she > even gives him money - > when Virginia is hungry > she sits in the sun, safe > as dew at Thorn's Holiday >
