All right, just two more I think.
One more from the mythological poems and then the title poem,
and then I'm sure that it's a long evening for everyone.
"Eurydice."
This is written-- it's the point in time in the story
just after-- as you'll be able to tell,
but just after Orpheus has blown it
by turning around and dooming her to return
to the underworld, rather than returning to life on Earth
with him.
"Eurydice."
"Why couldn't you just trust that I would follow?
Now, I'm left dodging hijackers in hell who
can't stop looking for the virgins they were promised,
while back on the ranch, you sing
to the almond trees and lemurs, your beauty
made great by your loss.
If I came as close as I dared to the border,
if I begged you, if I prayed, would you
come down to the plane of my suffering?
Would you touch me not as the God you've become,
but as the man who returns from wounding exile?"