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@ 27.055 MHz: Ad Astra; In Alexandria, An Explicit Poem After Constantine Cavafy's Poetry [XLIX]
Considering the slave-boy who attends him,
Kaisairion is almost always aroused.
Often, the placid surface of the in-floor
pool receives (with the young slave's assistance)
the Pharaoh's sweetness.
Neither inhibitions nor expectations
of that ancient world interfere with their shared
feelings---not Lord of the Two Lands and a mere
slave, but boyfriends, between whom no barriers
obstruct their desires.
Clad in his pink stockings only, and partly
submerged in the pool, Kaisarion---caressed
by his lover---ejaculates into the
receptive water; seven surges at the
peak of his pleasure.
J-Called
Cavafy certainly shines
Cavafy certainly shines through here in your majestic and sumptuous poetic sanctum. The atmosphere and the delirious heights of rapture are a powerful combination as well as a worthy tribute to Kaisarion. Well done!
Thank you very, very much. I
Thank you very, very much. I think so much of Kaisarion, and writing about him in this way seems like a means by which to reach out to him in the past.
Starward