medusa wards evil, perhaps,
only men that are evil.
even so he managed to rake her in,
that old salt.
because men are that evil

clutching women by the feet.
i'm sure she dug her
nails into sand against the sea,
not the actual sea
but fought the enticing airs
behind the temple walls

now raped women can turn
men into stone

and out of their shining blood
fly horses