Athena
Athena smiled at me when I observed
that everything fitted in its position
nothing jutted out of place
in all the sandy corners of the earth
but the palm tree beseeching
its skyward direction when
early in life I learned
of my secret love: sea
dark blue and merciless
inviting and ardent punisher
of sins told and sanctified
when the goddess chose
to make a marble cenotaph
and to erect my statue which
would speak of greatness
true demagogue that I was
with a vague smile
upon my face
she then placed a wilted daffodil
and a fiery red carnation
over my heart
it was a sad day when
I drank water to become diaphanous
before I vanished into the sea’s
deep blue embrace
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