Legend is littered with stories of women punished harshly for their feminine curiosity; Lot's wife, Pandora, Psyche, Eve. Here is the story of one who got away with it ....by the skin of her neck
The Youngest Daughter
She fell in
love with his fine houses,
a deal of
silver and gold plate, and over-
-looked his blue-tinged beard and his appetite
-looked his blue-tinged beard and his appetite
for
beautiful women.
And when he
left she followed
the little
back stair-case to the forbidden
closet where she stood
in clotted blood.
closet where she stood
in clotted blood.
The fallen
key she could not clean
with any
amount of soap or sand.
The silver sabre
dangled
over her head
over her head
bowed in prayer. And it took
a long
while for the cloud of dust
to spit out arms
to the rescue.
while for the cloud of dust
to spit out arms
to the rescue.
Copyright with Cathy Leonard 2016
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