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In Defense of Pandora
Oh, wonderful girl of ichor and clay
Daughter of angry gods and holy ground
Curious wanderings led her astray
The queen of all evils, she bears her crown
Her hands on the lid of a jar of sin,
Mind begging for a tiny peek inside
To open the cap with the slightest spin
Pandora tried to resist it, she tried
But she opened the lid, set forth a wave
Of disease and death, of sorrow and hate
The killer of a world she could not save
It was just a peek, but it sealed our fate
But blaming her makes me a hypocrite
Lurking behind closed doors, I watch and spy
I've felt her need to know, I ache with it
The lid beneath my palm begs me to pry
Me and my twin, the girl of dirt and star
Eternally doomed to open the jar
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