Our post-punk grunge Persephone
A walking study in demonology
Pretty on the inside
Angry on the outside
Magician of visceral cathartic artistry
Wife and partner to Kurt Cobain
Shared creativity gave voice to pain
The tragedy of suicide
Kisses like cyanide
Grunge nobility breeds tortured fame
Sharing the legacy of childhood trauma
Seering and painful emotional drama
You promised me
I’m dying please
Pushing one another to take it further
Anthems of rage capturing the depths of pain
Some say drugs were vital and essential aids
But we might have more
More insight to explore
Living clean infuses creativity with grace
An endless cycle of rehab rotation
Psychic demons craving salvation
Milk of the poppy
Ending in tragedy
Losing the prophet of a generation
The story of Hole drew on Medea’s mythology
Ancient narratives guiding cultural cosmology
Courtney as Persephone
Embodying duality
The goddess brought death but also creative bounty
Courtney raged against women gutless
She sneered at the superficial pop princess
Defying patriarchy
Proletarian masculinity
Crafting a post-punk feminism cosmically blessed
Her tarnished name is Courtney Love
Queen of the underworld–vixen of grunge
Celebrity skin
Fire surging within
A fierce legacy courses through her blood
–BYPO PHOENIX c)2025
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