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Leda and the Swan, Another Response to Yeats
by Faith Dincolo
A sudden blow: the great wings beating still
Above a pissed off Leda whose two-hundred
Dollar pink cashmere crop-top dangles raggedly
Over her Victoria Secret clasp front bra.
“What the hell is that fucking swan doing?”
.
With poised repose, Leda’s instincts kick in,
Years of judo, kicking, boxing,
Step aerobics and all those nights of funky flicks
And years of tough-titted chicks in video games,
Where she sat pissed that women were such nitwits.
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With century’s fury, she drops that swan
Right out of the sky as he hovers over her,
She uses her massive thighs to squish his
Skinny neck, and she pins him down.
She’s Xena’s pride.
.
Squawking and screaming that swan struggles
As she twists his feathered balls,
His terrified vague wings push at her fingers
Where they clench and he
Struggles to be loosened from her thighs.
.
Cracks and clicks aren’t chiropractic
They’re coming from his broken neck
.
Leda holds his helpless breast upon her breasts
Wondering how she’s going to clean
Swan blood off of her airbrushed nails.
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Fiction © Copyright Faith Dincolo
Image courtesy of Pixabay.com
More from Author Faith Dincolo:
Not Just a Pretty Face: Women of Horror Vol. 1
Enter the minds of these women in horror feel your way through the darkness and escape the terror if you can, but above all enjoy the fear. These women are not just a pretty face. Featuring, in order of appearance: Jo-Anne Russell, Caitlin Marceau, Joanna Parypinski, Joanna Koch, Abby Andresen, Valerie B. Williams, Morrison, Laura J. Hickman, Faith Dincolo, Kala Godin, Suzanne Madron, Hailey Piper, Sara C. Walker, Erin Shaw, Aubrey Campbell, Mei Kerr, RL Meza, Emma Johnson-Rivard, Naching T. Kassa, Hayley Wynne, Gemma Files and Alice Loweecey.
Spreading the Writer's Word 
A terrific story, very satisfying.