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Gods & Playthings

The thunderbolt of Zeus

incinerates the Titans

and the soot gives rise

to the sin we've called

mankind.

 

But what do you expect,

being birthed blind

as a votary,

from the post-mortem

of a Titanomachy?

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◄ Antinomy

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Brian Hodgkinson

Fri 12th Feb 2021 02:07

Very good. Yes, what do we expect? LOL

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