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Hermes' Winged Shoes

October 31, 2016
By Anonymous

I’m pressed upon the stunning marble floors,
    As my master takes us through the dazzling door.
    Like a moth is drawn to the flame
    Hermes is called up to Zeus’s mighty frame.
    That boulder of a hand demands me as a gift,
    But Hermes answers “You’ll have to throw me off a cliff.”
    Zeus’s thunderous reply shakes me to my core,
    He says, “Boy, are you trying to start a war?”
    My friend let out not even one cry,
    His silence left me wondering
Would he even reply?
Zeus threw down a bolt charged with volts,
Of energy that took out my friend and left us for dead.

© Anonymous

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