{"id":2788,"date":"2019-12-22T07:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/?p=2788"},"modified":"2019-12-22T01:17:38","modified_gmt":"2019-12-22T05:17:38","slug":"achilles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lineriderpress.com\/headlinepoetry\/2019\/12\/22\/achilles\/","title":{"rendered":"Achilles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone sang of Achilles deeds<\/span><\/p>\n

how his blood was smelt of iron<\/span><\/p>\n

and his skin unblemished by steel<\/span><\/p>\n

but I knew the dent a kiss would make<\/span><\/p>\n

bruising his cheek enflaming his breast<\/span><\/p>\n

His haunches knitted burnished bronze<\/span><\/p>\n

dipped in gold ambrosia left metal on<\/span><\/p>\n

tongue but I left my mark twisting muscle<\/span><\/p>\n

and biting his ear but no crimson<\/span><\/p>\n

dripped but sank into his holy altar<\/span><\/p>\n

His nymph mother suckled him on her<\/span><\/p>\n

spirited breast but no other woman felt<\/span><\/p>\n

those lips on fertile flesh and for duty I<\/span><\/p>\n

obeyed his strict order disciplined in<\/span><\/p>\n

groove and thrust of hot tip spear giving<\/span><\/p>\n

My grip to his command each rounded<\/span><\/p>\n

jerk-bash of shield guided hefted to<\/span><\/p>\n

targeted arrows cleave renting cloud<\/span><\/p>\n

of heads I fell for him and wait in drift<\/span><\/p>\n

fields knowing I am his heel first weakness<\/span><\/p>\n

and death<\/span><\/p>\n

image:\u00a0The Smithsonian<\/a><\/em><\/h5>\n

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