# SDMB Poetry Sweatshop - Dec. 2009 edition, Anthology thread.

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**Created:** [December 5, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-dec-2009-edition-anthology-thread/520132 "2009-12-05T21:58:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 5, 2009, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-poetry-sweatshop-dec-2009-edition-anthology-thread/520132/4 "2009-12-05T22:37:12Z")

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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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