Sappho Does

Sappho
sits alone
against the tide.


What
Sappho does
is her business.


Sappho
dreams, apples
fall from trees.


Three
naked girls
chase each other;

one
is love,
one is freedom,

and
one is
just a girl.


Where
Sappho goes,
crashing wine-dark throes.


When
Sappho leaves
three girls grieve;

one
is naked,
one is clothed,

and
one is
simply mind personified.


Sappho's
little credo:
To be continued . . .