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Serpent Woman

Mirrors remind her she must live alone Everything she sees, she turns to stone Dismal future she now faces Ugly snakes upon her head like laces She is a gorgon, Medusa is her name Athena punished her, for beauty was her shame

Copyright © | Year Posted 2008




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