Discussion thread for the "Polls only" thread (Part 1)

[Maserschmidt]

I confess a fondness for Athena…from the poetry contest many, many years ago:

@Maserschmidt

Revenge
Winter came to spring, and
Eros made move to bring Pallas Athena
A good man, arranging a chance meeting
Outside MOMA in the rain.

But Arachne, spying this at a distance
And still fixed on vengeance,
Ticked off the doom of the courtship
On her eight spider legs:

*Encounter, persuasion, a fondness for Asian;
Six months to court, and *le petit mort;
Devotion, affection, and then the rejection.

The summer of love turned to absurd fall,
And cast off at last, Pallas Athena
Enjoyed the bitter taste
Of her own medicine:
Aconite, plus a pinch of spite.