Valentia

Wolfings and She-wolfings,
on the Ides of February,
flip on your goat-skins, the *februa* of the Faun,
flail a blushing Spring,
or, fearing that bloody sap,
marry off the marriage-banned,
mollify the 'eunuchs' of war
before your execution and farewell
to fair Asterius' daughter,
her heart now wholly healed

14 February 2013, Nathan Paul Hillman