urn:lj:scribbld.com:atom1:heyjupiter unchanging prosperity of the state surlybird@gmail.com Julian Pieter 2008-01-14T04:56:33Z urn:lj:scribbld.com:atom1:heyjupiter:405 2008-01-14T04:56:33Z 2008-01-14T04:56:33Z A sudden blow: the great wings beating still<br />Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed<br />By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill,<br />He holds her helpless breast upon his breast.<br /><br />How can those terrified vague fingers push<br />The feathered glory from her loosening thighs?<br />And how can body, laid in that white rush,<br />But feel the strange heart beating where it lies?<br /><br />A shudder in the loins engenders there<br />The broken wall, the burning roof and tower<br />And Agamemnon dead. <br /> Being so caught up,<br /><br />So mastered by the brute blood of the air<br />Did she put on his knowledge with his power<br />Before the indifferent beak could let her drop?