Aphrodite speaks


A holy man scorns the legend of Aphrodite
she, no longer exists
love has a new definition
in the name of god
A savior
that is the new name of love

A practical man laughs off the possibility of Aphrodite
love, is just a fleeting chemical reaction
Science, can explain it
it all comes down to biology
that is the new name of love

A business person ignores Aphrodite
love, has no place in the market
it does not yield profit
in fact it often involves high risk
of unknown rates of return
Money
takes the place of
and is the new love

A player says of Aphrodite
love, is not related to sex
they are two different states of being
it is silly of the Greeks to place them into a single being
Aphrodite should be a hermaphrodite
Sex
is not love

A feminist says of Aphrodite
love, whatever that is
should not be an excuse
women, must henceforth never be made into symbols again
love, is love
and woman is woman.

Aphrodite, if she could exact revenge would
make the holy man betray his very own faith
and the practical man dismiss science and its shallow logics
bankrupt the business man for a scandal in which he loses his wealth and prestige
to the player, she would make him fall after a one night stand
the feminist obsessed with symbols, becomes one herself.

These things Aphrodite would do, if she wants revenge
but love, her symbol. Not
her the symbol of love ,as most people mistakenly know
is a mystery.
Even if she had her revenge
the holy man would call it temptation
the practical man would call it the eternal progress of science
the business man, a bad business decision
the player, a passionate fling
the feminist, a sexist society.

But if Aphrodite quotes Shakespeare
would say
revenge
by any other name
would be as sweet.