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Jocasta

(According to Homer, Odysseus descended into Hades to seek advice from a dead seer named Tiresias. However, the legend has it that the dead are deprived of voice: they acquire it only if they imbibe of sacrificial blood. Prior to his descent into the realm of the dead, Odysseus offered a sacrifice to gods and took with him some of the sacrificial blood. In Hades, he met his kin, friends, and some of the famed heroes of the past. Among others, he met Jocasta, the Queen of Thebes and the mother and the wife of Oedipus (Homer refers to her as Epicasta). Odysseus gave her a drink of the sacrificial animal‘s blood and listened to her monolog...)

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can you
hear me?

with a shard
of an antique
mirror
that comes from
the royal palace
of Thebes
my former
home
I
slash
my
belly

cold it is in Hades

husband of mine
enter me
to exit
as my father

can you
hear me?

with my finger
I write
in blood
on the walls
of my
cell

with my finger
I write
from the inside
of my
dried
skull

I look
at you
through the windows
of the hollows
that
once
held
my
eyes

cold it is in Hades

father of mine
enter me
to exit
as my son

can you
hear me?

I tear
bed sheets
wipe off
the blood
and
weave
a ladder
to heaven
I rip out
my
womb

and raise it
in my hands
before
you

I fear
neither blood
nor pain
nor the wrath of gods

the dead
know not
fear

cold it is in Hades

son of mine
enter me
to exit
as my god

can you
hear me?

each
day
I ready myself
for a long
journey

I dye
my
hair
with chalk

cut the skin
of my
face
with
iron rods

cover
myself
with a shroud
throw a noose
over
my
neck
put
a coin
in my mouth
and
stand
before
you

cold it is in Hades

god of mine
enter me
to stay there
forever

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from Nekyia, released March 15, 2019

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