I kissed Midas<\/p>\n
and with that, my lips are gold-
\nI tried to love Medusa,<\/p>\n
and now my heart is stone
\nSteadily, I stole pearls from Poseidon’s throne,<\/p>\n
but Boreas took\u00a0them – my hands, now froze
\nthen I slept with Hades, he burnt my perfect skin-
\nhe caressed me in his oven and taught me how to sin.
\nI thought I loved\u00a0Atlas so I touched her tired face,
\nand with that she gave me<\/p>\n
the weight of the entire human race
\nI was wrong in all of this – in my thievery and love<\/p>\n
and wrong for right reasons<\/p>\n
to make space for<\/p>\n
the one<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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