THE WEAVE:
Vesta and Saturn
wait out the Dust storms…
"Lob me something, V,"
says Saturn, reading over the news
from his desk, during
Court Break, again, "I'm bored..."
Vesta watches the Dust
roil, outside, like the two
are on the inside
of a calm snow-globe.
She begins...
"Lilith is the Rageful
Woman. Persephone is
the Coquette Nymph.
Athena is Miss Porcelain
Perfect. Vesta is
the Drunken Genius.
Minthe is the Soft
Mischief. Medusa
is Mis-understood.
Mercury is the Mic
-Passer. Mars is the Good
Old Boy. Arachne
is the Mother
-Web. Selena
is the Sunny Cheek.
Venus is the Glue
Between. Neptune
is the Dreaming
Giant. Jupiter is
the Magma
-Gun. Pluto is
the Friend. Uranus is
the Grinning Mirror.
Chiron is the Love
Not Spoken. Saturn is
the Unrelenting Stream."
"That's a little harsh,
for me, don't you think?"
Saturn pounds, his little
gavel at V.
Vesta shrugs, "You asked
for a spitball, Time-D."