INNANA ISHTAR

Erishgigel of the underworld her sister

archaic, passionate woman-warrior,

spurned by Gilgamesh,

hater, lover of many gods and mere mortals - Venus’s rep.

bloodied deliverer, geneticist,

daughter of otherworldly kings,

fighter for territory, revenge

of tears and power.

So we still find her, walking, talking,

embodied, fully current

 - even ahead of her Time

manifest in the new generations

 of superkids - whether ADHD or chromosomally dissident; 

 short of regulation senses and capabilities

or outrageously gifted with extraordinary others

( watch this spot for supernumerary strands of DNA,

as the genes evolve and mutate);

she still stands tall and up

laughing, non-political,

an angel hermaphrodite or geni ET

who cares -

the archetype of all things

shockingly unwanted and unseen:

all that we dread, run from, are too ashamed to show or share.

…..:.:.

A tiny antique person

who kept silent for yonks…

…until one day stood up and said

 3 words - then promptly died -

that sort of maverick magic

with no reprieve or aftermath 

for all the mission-plots, subterfuges and appearances

no-one had a clue. 

And she cared not.

Or some beauteous young mother

among the enemy camp,

far-seeing beyond the boundaries

to spunky new dreams of coexistence, respect and empathy;

despite coming from the pits of iniquity,

conditioned by partisan rhetoric

and generational dissent:

fearless, Ishtar personified.