To sail the wine dark seas of Homer’s lads.
\nTo face the test of Cyclops and the songs
\nof sirens in the misty morning’s light.
\nTo chase bold Zeus from out fair Leda’s lap.
\nTo tell the tale so dread Medusa’s sad,
\ndread head’s kept on her shoulders, Neptune’s wrongs
\navenged. So Ephialtes lies with might.
\nBriseis, oh my love, escapes the trap.<\/p>\n
The stories that I read when I was young
\nleft me wanting more, and so I tell
\nnew tales for heroes, tales of “Never Was”
\nto live the lays I’d live, as yet unsung.<\/p>\n
Besides, I need my scraps, and someone swell
\nsaid that bards eat free on Mount Olympus.<\/p>\n
(Inspired by, and used with the permission of, a message from a fellow marathoner. Thanks, Darla.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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