Andromeda (in chains)

... I hear a growling on the shore, the clutch
Of claws - or are those boots and weapons
Of a man? I hear a sighing in the air,
A rushing fall, as if a horse could gallop
Trhough the clouds, its hooves beating
Blue-black bruises in their fleece
From which the raindrops fall
Which are the tears of heaven.
Who comes from the sea? Who comes
From the sky? A god? A man? A beast? A hero?
Or my own faint fears, shameful that they are,
The beating of my own heart in my breast,
The blood pounding in the bonds that hold me
Tight as a lover's embrace...

excerpt from Ian Watson's science fiction novel *Whores of Babylon*

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