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Prometheus

Burning nails, the beginning of the end and black sails for the death of an invisible friend,

Tragic loss resulting from the magic catapulting from my fingertips.

Read my fiery lips:

Give me shelter from your Neptunian storm,

Split the world with a wedge and keep our bodies warm

Kick the trunk of the oak until it bleeds with the fire you stoke

And coke you need and **** you smoke, and ****** Prometheus,

You are only human. But the fire in your blood leaves their smokestacks fuming

And nothing can save you, enslave yourself

With your strong-willed bravery on a rocky shelf.

Roll your eyes, disregard, spit in faces, **** me off

Because I'm the good sister, just tend the hearth and when I speak I scoff.

My name is Hestia, and I don't often stray from the Pantheon

So just trust me on this:

I'll introduce you to the smoldering truths, induce catharsis

And let your body loose, pick up your liver, tend your wounds

As if they were ash and oil, because we alone know justice.

You alone know how you've toiled.

And I can only start to understand your firebrand,

A passionate command. I tolerate you and adore you for your mortal score.

Prometheus, don't let those raptors gouge you anymore.

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Dec 27, 2013
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