Gorgon

Eyes to the floor                   ,--.
cheek to the wall          ,--.  .--,`) )  .--,
Smooth stone ally       .--,`) \( (` /,--./ (`
what life is this      ( ( ,--.  ) )\ /`) ).--,-.
imbalanced scales       ;.__`) )/ /) ) ( (( (`_) )
and knotted locks      ( (  / /( (.' "-.) )) )__.'-,
mythic clumsiness     _,--.( ( /`         `,/ ,--,) )
and staid company    ( (``) \,` ==.    .==  \( (`,-;
My doric assasins     ;-,( (_) ~(@))  ((@)~ (_) )_) )
waiting for shiny    ( (_ \_ (              )__/___.'
Perseus Shield my    '.__,-,\ \    (,,)    /\ ,-.
heart not my eyes       ( (_/ /\    __    /\ \_) )
My glamour killed        '._.'  \  \__/  /  '._.'
long ago Sleeping                \      /  
children escape I                  ----
die My liberation 

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Gor"gon (?), n. [L. Gorgo, -onis, Gr. , fr. terrible.]

1. Gr. Myth.

One of three fabled sisters, Stheno, Euryale, and Medusa, with snaky hair and of terrific aspect, the sight of whom turned the beholder to stone. The name is particularly given to Medusa.

2.

Anything very ugly or horrid.

Milton.

3. Zool.

The brindled gnu. See Gnu.

© Webster 1913.

Gor"gon, a.

Like a Gorgon; very ugly or terrific; as, a Gorgon face.

Dryden.

© Webster 1913.