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The ancient Greeks believed that light beams flowed
Both into eyes and out of them. If stars
Poured in their lights, then stars in light streams flowed
Back out. If Venus, Jupiter, or Mars
Fell down through irises, then planets’ lights
Shone outward, too. When constellations poured
Their glories down, then galaxies sent flights
Of splendor from men’s eyes. Perfections soared
From eyes and lifted hearts like greedy Zeus
Gripped Ganymede to haul him to a cloud
Of lust. What suns put in, the eyes could loose
From pupils, shafts of light with love endowed.
..When Sappho begged a gorgeous man, “Look straight,”
….She wanted shafts to make her core dilate.