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Modern Day Achilles Heel

this boy - he is mythology he is the pomegranate sitting in persephone's palm - (looks can be deceiving) this boy - he is a mirror can show medusa what heaven really is - how pain really feels but medusa never looks this boy in the sun - he is the smoking gun in the death of icarus; he is the crime scene in the middle of the ocean this boy - this boy is murder he is cain holding a blade to abel's throat, holding a mirror up to medusa, force-feeding a pomegranate to persephone this boy cuts the snakes off medusa's head and makes snake-skin boots; plucks the melted feathers from icarus' cold hands and makes a throw pillow this boy is murder when he wants to be; this boy is murder when he needs to be

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Date: 10/1/2018 7:06:00 AM
Exceptional poetry in my opinion. Love the making boots part and the Icarus reference too. A fav....
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Date: 9/11/2018 3:15:00 AM
Wow! I am sitting here, amazed, in absolute awesomeness, wondering how beautifully active and empathetic your mind must be. Wow!
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