Dante Stalks Beatrice
as
the
OG
standoff muse
beatrice shined
dante through purgatorio
and most of paradiso more mother than lover
for he never asked the waiter take back her polla e riso nor did she disdain
his clothes mismatched clash—for if he never speaks to her
any poet can write his dream
flawlessly guiding
trips through high
places
and
low
