Circe’s Power

Posted by Charlotte Bukowski on December 23rd, 2007 filed in General Fabulousness

A favorite of mine:

I never turned anyone into a pig.

Some people are pigs; I make them

look like pigs.

I’m sick of your world

that let’s the outside disguise the inside. Your men weren’t bad men;

undisciplined life

did that to them. As pigs,

under the care of

me and my ladies, they

sweetened right up.

Then I reversed the spell, showing you my goodness

as well as my power. I saw

we could be happy here, as men and women are

when their needs are simple. In the same breath,

I foresaw your departure,

your men with my help braving

the crying and pounding sea. You think

a few tears upset me? My friend,

every sorceress is

a pragmatist at heart; nobody sees essence who can’t

face limitation. If I wanted only to hold you

I could hold you prisoner.

Louise Gluck