We met serendipitously,not because the universe announced itself,but because a concrete planterheld just enough spacefor two people not lookingto notice each other anyway. A week too heavy.A night already thinning.Then your voice, unarmed.Mine answering before I knew why. Chance opened the...

She tore through dawn where shadows wake,Leapt through mist where rivers shake.Mountains shivered at her stride,Forests gasped, valleys sighed.None could match her feet of flame,No boast or bribe could stake a claim.The boar of Calydon, tusks like spears,Felt her...