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Delphi, NAVSTAR
after Jane Ellen Harrison
honey
rain falls
from the skies
gift of the Gods
meli
manna falls
from the ash
gift of nature
melai
honey falls
from her lips
gift of the priestess
delphi
the priestess
was a bee
the melissae
her honey-priestesses
hummed & swarmed
confusedly
omphalos
weaving a net
of darkling
knowledge
comet–satellite
naming the stars
interlacing their orbits
with sweetness
NAVSTAR
unpicking the
constellations
into infinite number
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coda: 2013
PanSTARRS & Ison
seem so remote
but like all lights
they’ll swiftly pass
PanSTARRS, Ison; comets visible from the earth in 2013
Victorian footnote
on the Greeks & their honey-drink
intoxification is inspiration
not for confusing
with drunkenness
for the southern Greeks
drink their mead
from small cups
& the best agree
the need to heed
the sage order
wine has no rudder
Bodog F. Beck, Honey and Health
William Charles Cotton, My Bee Book
Claude Levi-Strauss, From Honey to Ashes
Jane Ellen Harrison, A Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion
Robert Duncan, The HD Book
Michael Ferguson, GPS Land Navigation
Tom Logsdon, Understanding the Navstar
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