Calliope
Volume 42 Let Reality Worry, Here You Are Free
Article 4
1-1-2012
Achilles at The Trojan War
Kelsey Plageman
University of the Pacific
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Kelsey Plageman
Heather Rodriguez
Achilles at The Trojan War
Awake
I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly
when everyone else has been conquered.
I shall call out the name of my people
when my enemies’ bodies lay dead before my feet.
I shall raise my sword to the heavenly sky
when the traitor’s blood seeps from his body and
into the earth.
I shall claim up my prizes
when I rip them from the hands of the fallen.
I shall be the hero of the gods
when I have earned my glory.
I shall accept my early death
when I know I have killed all those who took part
in killing him
I shall lie down for eternal sleep
when my bones lie beside his.
Tendrils wrap around her, with anxiousness
as if she were In the Way
of Them,
coiling into a writhing Mess
of snakes
They pull at Her
gently—in no One Direction
Lulling her out of that soft security,
bringing her to the
Surface
replacing Dulled senses
with Raw Input
She shudders, as from a passing Chill
her eyes—smile
she has Returned
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