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

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

> [@SDMB Poetry Sweatshop - Dec. 2009 edition, Anthology thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-dec-2009-edition-anthology-thread/520132/4):
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> **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._

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