Lilith

Know your place beneath me.

Kneel
that’s an order

Pay tribute
you have no choice

Worship
you have no other purpose

I will use you,
your mind, body, and soul

I will break you.

Only then
when you are broken
begging
trembling
quivering-
Only then will you have your reward
for such faithful, long-suffering obedience.

Oh, suckling pig!
Oh, wretched swine!

Know your place, Adam,
and lie, obedient,
beneath my feet!