ZoeA Poem by Thomas Emile Vaughen
Zoe's landscape eyes are green of Earth
or ocean blue Intense the smile of frost and dew The nightmare dreams behind Zoe's eyes (who sees the ruin which never subsides) are cast into her slender frame; the wicked witch and I'm to blame For Zoe's loss and Zoe's pain Zoe's world is black as night and writ with sins that Zoe likes The smokes and tears that stay inside The bodies that she says I hide Cowering under velvet sheets she reads of Rome and Ancient Greece The barbarism at her feet For Zoe has a pagan flare which you will see in the lion's lair Bark and growl and hiss and spit If it's in fashion Zoe's hit, with drama and a rapture too Owned by Zoe, not by you An empire is not enough for Zoe's appetite, Zoe's lust What she has taken and cast aside, the story ends in pale light Nietzsche's little pretty flower An Ubermensch would she devour I withdraw with all my power
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Added on April 27, 2020 Last Updated on April 27, 2020 AuthorThomas Emile VaughenFloating around the north of England, United KingdomAboutSometimes I make myself a coffee, pop on the internet and write stuff. Read at your *peril*. Can be found on Substack [https://thomasemilevaughen.substack.com] or Bluesky [@cperil.bsky.soci.. more.. |

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