While off the isle of Cyprus on a boat,
I saw the head of Aphrodite afloat
and I told her i’m an anarchist and do not vote.
She answered “that’s alright.”

I said, “O figment of the classic mind,
there are some crucial concepts to which you are blind!”
she only nodded so as not to be unkind
and said “good night.”

“Oh stay!” I cried,
“there are so many things we should discuss:
the power of unnecessary kings,
the sexual oppression of which Sappho sings…”
but she sank out of sight.