RIGHT TO REMAIN

RIGHT TO REMAIN

espied you
waving your wand
glaring at the stars
determined
to tear them apart

whilst below
             far below
ensconced in Hades
Eurydice can here
her husband’s love
beautifully
sung, closing in

there fellow shades
muster support
gather to
explain to her
the symbolic significance
of her
    own mythology, deconstructing
this text, reading it
against the grain, wholly
from the liminal
perspective
   of borders
and margins

Oh, if there were only pure
light down here not
perverse neon

enough raw
plain, uncomplicated energy
to carry her through
lift her
high above
       dive like a swallow
into the arms
of Oedipus

where she can speak
with conviction of all
none
   but she can
now explain

and there too
you, our celebrated astronomer

wondering
     about the planets
all the planets
and whether
        denuded of majesty,
stripped
of mystery, void
of so-called
music
      of the spheres
they have a right to remain