Day 11, Poem 11: Conjure Aphrodite

Conjure Aphrodite
from her birth home
derived from loins
and sea foam
Patron Saint
of ancient
hookers
and totem
for horny sailors
In Mesopotamia
they called her Ishtar,
Inanna
the original
"ill na-na,"
Courtesans
fuck men
in
succession,
unison,
as worship
to their
Goddess
of lust and
physical love

Lover
and surrogate
mother to
Adonis
and Ares
jealous
of this
crazed like a
wild boar
frustrated
young gun Adonis
castrated
and sent to Hell

Nubile boys
and wise
old men
justify
acting on
their base
desires
in her name
they bathe
and play
rites of
passage
and defamation
patrons to
your
celebration

Conjure Aphrodite...

Eat
drink-
each other-
and be merry...