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Theirs was a relationship born of need
\neach banished from society’s gentler refrains<\/p>\n
Rapunzel, a prize, trophy, prisoner
\nsequestered from all eyes
\nhoarded by a witch
\nwho coveted pretty baubles
\nSo her hair grew in defiance
\nblindly searching like sun-seeking vines
\nwheaten bounty, golden filaments
\nfor any chance of escape into the world<\/p>\n
Framed by her window
\nher gaze traveled past horizons
\nbeyond the limits of town borders
\nas she peered deep within herself
\nrepainting captive worlds from her bower<\/p>\n
Medusa, scapegoat, monster, victim
\nhidden, a pariah of vision
\nif any could have spoken having looked upon her
\nthey would have told of beauty
\nthe corona about her head
\nthe scintillating glint of sinuous bodies
\nendless sliding ropes polished copper, viridian, topaz
\na frozen rainbow waiting to spill forth<\/p>\n
Her serpentine hair constantly sought
\ntongues tasting two ways, a path back to society
\nor into the arms of anyone without a heart of stone
\nwho could hold her close
\neach snake head\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s little red eyes watching
\nthe state of her realm in stasis<\/p>\n
Eventually, through wind-born seeds
\nbreathy birds landing for a rest
\nthe restless bustling of beetles
\nflies and insects of secret and forbidden places
\nRapunzel and Medusa came to hear
\nof each other’s predicament<\/p>\n
They sent messages back and forth
\nwith the aid of inhuman couriers
\nwritten on small scraps of parchment
\nflat seed pods, or the bones of fowl
\nfor where enchantment and curses exist
\nso do other means of magic<\/p>\n
Day by day, like obsessive schoolgirls
\nthey compared notes, talked of their confines
\nlimited worldview and the passions
\nof their hearts, a galaxy yet unexplored
\nbut only hinted at, a fate of destiny
\nTheir distant friendship bloomed
\ngrew to fruit though neither had ever tasted
\nof the other’s nectar<\/p>\n
A love took root and held them fast
\nRapunzel’s tresses always seeking through the light
\nMedusa’s snakes burrowing through the underworld
\nnurtured by tears and promises
\nwhispered into the air<\/p>\n
A shoot’s tender head raised itself
\nfirst small then exceedingly resilient
\nit climbed onto walls, tumbled over wells
\ncrept along the sills of every window
\nin every town<\/p>\n
Slowly it spread as it drew them together
\nthe vine\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s conduit allowed a vibratory touch
\na way to let the other know
\nshe was truly alive<\/p>\n
The serpents sent their sibilant vows
\nforever twined, a force that reached beyond
\nall cages, boundaries or restrictions
\nlike Abelard and Heloise
\nisolated yet together
\nRapunzel and Medusa endured forever
\nno longer alone<\/p>\n
Theirs was a relationship born of need each banished from society’s gentler refrains Rapunzel, a prize, trophy, prisoner sequestered from all eyes hoarded by a witch who coveted pretty baubles So her hair grew in defiance blindly searching like sun-seeking vines wheaten bounty, golden filaments for any chance of escape into the world Framed by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1512"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1517,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1512\/revisions\/1517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.polutexni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}