Juno's Speech
Copyright 2000, Michelle Iacona, previously web-published as a portion of the Masque of Mercury, by Dylan Aedui
Enough of thee, maid; flower-laden fair--
Enough of hands upon thy bosom white;
Enough of kisses tumbled in thy hair;
Enough of lust and pleasure's warm delight!
No--the only touch you will now enjoy
Will be hands as they milk thy cowish form!
No more for thee, gazes of lusty boys--
Instead, eyes of monster; of rage and storm!
With my husband, thy last dalliance, child--
Thy last moment of beauty; of pleasure.
You crave wildness, but I shall make thee mild--
She who pleasures, adulterous Divine
Shall take her true form and become bovine! |

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