The creature in myth is a goat
and also a lion
and a dragon
the Jaguar Throne inside
the castle at Chichén Itza
is inside a pyramid
which is inside
another pyramid. The infant in-utero
is carried by her mother
who was carried
by her mother and all the generations
of morose and tubercular women
who preceded her. Everyone
who has spent time
in a womb is a creature
which was surrounded by another
creature. In her cradle the baby
breathes fire and everything is
as it was