Medusa in the TV Age
by Anastasia Andersen

repeats
her favorite monologues
to statues
of the argonauts 
tinted green like old TV

rapt in front of TV flicker
stippled with reflected light
Medusa hums the white noise
that sedates her rage
of hair 

immobile 
in her mossy cave
Medusa stares into the box
her sea eyes
lidless
green
as any candy
on TV

Anastasia Andersen lives in New Mexico (The Land of Enchantment) with her husband, 3 dogs, 2 harps and 1 hammered dulcimer. She has started a number of short stories, and perhaps by mentioning this in her bio...she will finish them! Her recent and forthcoming poetry credits include Flesh and Blood, Beyond Centauri, Fables, and Star*Line.