The Byzantine

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I've recently decided (rightly or wrongly) that generic titles rarely work in poetry. To illustrate: if you were to google "The Byzantine" you would likely get hits including 3 bad movies, 4 wrestlers, 3 poems and a classic motorcycle. (not that google is important, that's not where I'm going) 

I would suggest an adjective in your title... The Dopey Byzantine, The Wise Byzantine, The Hateful Byzantine... doesn't matter, whatever fits the narrative you are trying to impose. This ostensibly disqualifies your poem from attempting to compete with other works that have tried to once and for all define Byzantine". Essentially, I'm saying that a poem titled "My Mom's Cat" has a lot less work to do than a poem titled " The Cat". 

Thanks Paul,

I agree.  I had a lot of trouble coming up with a title so I'm not at all in love with "The Byzantine".

Alternatives I've come up with so far:

Byzantique 1978
Purple Dragon

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I had a tab of Purple Dragon,
you said "I want to watch you
take it, that stuff is truth serum”
but I took the acid without you. ......... we know it's acid, anything better here? And 'took' after 'take'?
Alone, on my bed I called home,
from the dilapidated GI housing
stared at the moon and laughed gleefully,
thinking of how I’d won a woman
in the underground war that sex has always been. ............ doesn't feel much like a 'truth'

Knot, Thanks for critique.  I will work from your suggestions, but 1) is it really obvious that Purple Dragon is LSD?  I thought that would be an obscure reference.  2) "war that sex has always been" how do you mean "it doesn't feel like a truth"?  You mean it's not true in every case?  Or not true at all?

TqB