bad blood

To cheat the gods, Laomedon showed nerve
if not the sharpest wit of all his clan.
In time, immortals get what they deserve;
their legal system's not like that of Man.
The Trojans thought Earthshaker's on their side,

but gods who'd laid their stone walls, course, by course
would laugh and wash their hands when gates swung wide
to gather in his votive wooden horse.
Vicissitudes tectonic, or of war
recycle masonry back to the ground.
Prime real-estate, where pirates row ashore
invites the proudest gates to tumble down.
One deity for horses, 'quakes, and sea
finds humor in the ambiguity.