Glück, Louise

Circe’s Power

1. I never turned anyone into a pig.
2. Some people are pigs; I make them
3. Look like pigs.
4.  
5. I’m sick of your world
6. That lets the outside disguise the inside.
7. Your men weren’t bad men;
8. Undisciplined life
9. Did that to them. As pigs,
10.  
11. Under the care of
12. Me and my ladies, they
13. Sweetened right up.
14.  
15. Then I reversed the spell, showing you my goodness
16. As well as my power. I saw
17.  
18. We could be happy here,
19. As men and women are
20. When their needs are simple. In the same breath,
21.  
22. I foresaw your departure,
23. Your men with my help braving
24. The crying and pounding sea. You think
25.  
26. A few tears upset me? My friend,
27. Every sorceress is
28. A pragmatist at heart; nobody sees essence who can’t
29. Face limitation. If I wanted only to hold you
30.  
31. I could hold you prisoner.