#weird incomprehensible bad Joyce imitation noodling?
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Shackled shesouls on the sea shore. Ovidian permutations led astray by Catullan regrets. Sapphic-Virginia violas and candied Holly wreaths. The rage of Calibanian Orpheus unseen in Cocteau's mirror, calm death beckoning through the wine dark ripples. Manifest desire. She's maddened, unwomanned, crouching in the attic attic attic.
#weird incomprehensible bad Joyce imitation noodling?#it's more likely than you think#it was inspired by Catullus 63#because Attis is my beloved <3#and i wanted to take on the idea of the poem from a trans perspective#and include a shit ton of references#poetry#queueusque tandem abutere catilina patientia nostra#catullus#james joyce#trans
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