Hell

sez he

don’t say we didn’t warn you
remember
if you don’t take heed
to where you’re going
you’re likely to end up
somewhere you never wanted to go

sez i

s’ok
i kinda like it here

whereupon
the Old Goat
exploded

i was left staring
into a field of skulls
twined up with dark daisies

brown eyed lamia

but they sang such lovely
songs that
i worked up the nerve and
i sez to one of them

if you know medusa
tell her i said
stone is strangely more comfortable
than flesh
and i don’t regret the sight of her

the singing never stopped
it fell on my rocky ears
and my voice softened

with no more myth
of the Old Goat
to scare me

i came right in
on the one
and it was
perfect