we die forgotten
The Chorus -
Cunning, not the feat of arms, brought fair Ilium low,
Unmasked Achilles gambit leading him to Troy,
Drove the swift knife into Iphigenia's breast
To ply cruel Artimus for fair following winds.
But the fates cut many lives short on Ilium's shores
Hopes of glory dashed for thousands who fought and died
Their shadows haunting Hades’ dark, lifeless halls:
Noble Hector no match for enraged Achilles,
Nor the son of Peleus, Paris' swift arrows.
Who won the laurel of Achille's golden armor
And was named Greatest of the Greeks if not Ajax?
But he who knew no honor save ruthless cunning,
Wily Odysseus, gained both, and the better man,
Mighty Ajax, fell upon his sword in sorrow,
His soul traveling the lonely roads to Hades’ keep.
But the gods' wroth did not end at the sack of Troy,
Agamemnon would rue his daughter's sacrifice
When his wife and her lover knifed him in his bath.
But he who deceived Troy with the horse filled with Greeks
Would spend ten long years failing to return to home....
Comments (14)
I must say this is the day kids wait forever to come, just to get their candy bounty and binge on it.
Haha! Well, my kids hit every house in the hood, so the candy bounty is out of control over here…and I seem to have lost all self control.
Since I live in a building, I just donate to the party they have in the lobby. So there's never leftovers. I may or may not have bought a couple of chocolate bars for myself though. 😉
I don't miss the Halloween stuff...but extra chocolate does sound good. Especially if you were not tighwads and got good stuff that you can then "recycle" yourself. Great little poem, either way, pal!
Around 8:30 last night my wife called out, "That's it, the light's going off. All the candy's gone." I think after a lull of around 45 minutes, when that last group came she just tipped the bowl over into their bags, lol. (We had a lot of candy for a small town.)
Lol, more for you! Now I'm craving chocolate!
Sounds about right. Lol. Nice job.
Wow that was relatable! We got a few ghostly (and hockey player) visitors last night, but it was pretty quiet and now we have loads of tasty bite sized chocolate!
I made candy apples, nobody comes to our house but I love to eat them 😋
I under bought lol 😂
No need for fright, Just chocolate's pure might. A bitter cold night, but I'm alright.
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Ya can’t let it go to waste, never, nice one buddy 😊😊
Chocolate coma, lol. Yup sounds about right. This is our first Halloween at a new house. The neighbors said that they don’t get trick-or-treaters. But of course we had to get at least one bag of candy just in case. And they were right, the houses on the street are kinda far from the street itself and barely any sidewalks, lol. Oh well, at least we got candy we like.