This is a poem in this series of 144 poems that I’m writing based on the dodeks, or twelfth parts, of the Zodiac signs. As far as I know, everybody else calls them dodekatemoria, but that’s a very complicated word to say, so I just call them dodeks.
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Gemini of Scorpio: The Toychest
17° Scorpio 30′ to 19°Scorpio 59′
Adults with both inclination and means
wind up owning some toys for bedroom play —
a dildo, fake handcuffs with flimsy chains,
a leather jockstrap, scarlet lingerie.
Some toys may be advanced; some , more simple:
gaudy or cheesy, or silken, or steel:
a schoolgirl's skirt, or a nun's black wimple,
a ring for his dick that brings him to heel.
There might be guidebooks with well-thumbed pages,
a feather duster, or maroon candle —
fake cash to pay a courtesan's wages,
a maple paddle with leather handle.
Here's the dresser drawer where such things are hid,
out of the sight of the curious kid.
Image: Adults reminisce together about their sex toys in the main bedroom while their child holds a slumber party for youthful friends downstairs.
Important Relationships
- Part of the Egyptian Term of Venus in Scorpio
- Part of Decan II of Scorpio (administrated by the Sun): The Alchemical Apparatus
Colophon
This is a part of a series of poems based on the dodekatemoria, or twelfth parts, of the Zodiac signs. The dodekatemoria are sub-segments of the Zodiac, each representing two degrees thirty minutes (2° 30′) of arc; there are 144 dodeks (as I call them) in the full Zodiac, or twelve in each sign. Each dodek is supposed to be a recapitulation or miniature repetition or summary of its parent zodiac sign, as though it were filtered through the lens of the main sign.
The Sun crosses this distance of 2° 30′ in about two and a half days, making these dodeks cognate with the Moon, which crosses one sign of the Zodiac, or thirty degrees (30°) in about two and a half days. The Sun’s passage through a dodek thus mirrors the Moon’s passage through a sign, and squeezes a “mini-year” of passage through twelve signs into a single month.
Each series of dodeks begins at 0° 00′ of its parent sign with the same sign, and there are four dodeks in each sequence of 10° degrees. Each poem in this series will give a (my) name of the dodek, its relevant degrees, a sonnet describing it, a 1-2 sentence description of the dodek, and some other information.
