Isis

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Behold, Lucius, I have arrived. Thy weeping and prayers have moved me to succour thee. I am she that is the natural mother of all things, the Mistress and Governess of all the Elements, the initial Progenitrix of all things, the Chief of powers divine, Queen of Heaven, the First of the Gods celestial, the light of the Goddesses. At my will, the planets of the air, the wholesome winds of the Seas, and the silences of hell are disposed; my name, my divinity is adored throughout all the world in various manners, in various customs and in many names, for the Phrygians call me the Mother of the Gods.

-Metamorphoses, Lucius Apuleius

 

(

 

Architectural noise;

It builds itself:

Brick

upon

brick:

Your pyramid

of love.

 

)

 

Blessings you drown

in white.

Firstborns you slaughter

in black.

Lovers you swallow

in grey.

 

Mother

you let us drink

dead milk

but never touch the breast.

 

Mother!

Rip us out of your womb

lest our curses be lost.