Saturday, February 20, 2016

Penelope

twin Tyndarids betrayed their husband's beds
each one as beautiful as she's unchaste
proud Agamemnon and the troops he led
ill-paid for coming home from Troy in haste
king Menelaus earned immortal fame
the cuckold who set all of Greece to war
the bride who spurned his bed stained red his name
the fool who let a Trojan share his whore
a longer path Odysseus must sail
who wed their cousin upright through and through
two decades sundered, each thick with travail
can't tempt Penelope to be untrue
while others sought acclaim and praise in life
Odysseus' treasure was his wife      

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