- Heliacal rising . . .
- Orion rises to meet the dawn.
- Eos, rosy-fingered goddess,
- sought by the hunter
- is found. How many prayers spoken?
- How many ablutions poured?
- How many bee’s wax candles lit in honor?
- How much myrrh burned
- until purification? There is no formula
- for courage & sincerity.
- Orion is changed. A turn of mind,
- as dramatic as drunkeness,
- occurs. He’s in the presence of a goddess,
- such evidence; in the clear resonance
- of morning, sister & brother are
- one.