Love Poem: A Further Discussion With Neptune
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Written by: Susan Baquie

A Further Discussion With Neptune

the lissom sea lily a testament at your death
feathered petals left in memory

but are you dead, Neptune? 
I am no longer reminded of 
the spotted watery wedding veil along the edge
it has now become a frozen blue veil
around a beach ball
hung or strung 
in the black nowhere space
who threw you, brother of Jupiter and Pluto?
is there a rebound from the toss?

is there another dolphin to find again Salacia in the deep
to see the foaming equine ride 
to find the white pin-spot veil of your jouissance
fringed again on the sands 

but what dolphin can fly so high
no flutter or stutter or flop
but a high forced flipping
wings instead this time 
Pegasus, (mindful of your exalted bloodlines)*
your duty 

*Pegasus born from Neptune (Poseidon)and the Gorgon Medusa