I Have A Rash That Looks Like Scratches

the hymn to Isis

Why I am the first and the last
I am the venerated and the despised,
I am the prostitute and the saint, I am the
and the virgin bride,
I am the mother and daughter,
... I am the arms of my mother, I am the barren
yet many are my children,
I am a married woman and unmarried,
I am the one who gives light and she who never procreated,
I am the consolation for the pain of childbirth,
I am the bride and groom,
It was my man who created me, I am the mother
My father,
I am the sister of my husband,
And he is my rejected son.
respect me always,
Since I am the scandalous and beautiful.