Above Suspicion

Above Suspicion
From Magna Graecia
you came Bona Dea.
Good goddess,
divinity of ancient Rome,
daughter of Faunus,
your nature, sweet Fauna
predicted the female fate.
From across Tiber Island
to the Field of Mars
your cult topped
Aventine Hill
to protect the
chastity and fertility
of all women of Rome.
From you flowed strong wine
and the sacrifice of blood,
forbidden fruits from which
all men were barred.
But Pulcher was tried
for his intrusion
and Julius Caesar
was thus divorced.

10/02/13

Reviews

[Claire Twinn]

Gotta love those strong women! It sounds like a fascinating cult at a time when men ruled almost everything.

[John Alexander McFadyen]

Dare I say what a wonderful vision? lol