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Of Troy

And Sparta

By Harper LewisPublished about an hour ago 1 min read
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Painted (as a) whore,

offered as a bribe,

fathered by the greatest rapist

masquerading as graceful feathered force.

Taken from a king, given to a second son,

Perhaps Leda betrayed her, too.

The wall burned as it should.

Ode

About the Creator

Harper Lewis

I'm a weirdo nerd who’s extremely subversive. I like rocks, incense, and witchy stuff. Intrusive rhyme bothers me. Some of my fiction might have provoked divorce proceedings in another state.😈

MA English literature, College of Charleston

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