05-02-2025, 03:26 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-04-2025, 02:30 PM by RiverNotch.)
You should be pleased to find, my Phoebe, how
like to your merry band of nymphs, I've found
a flock of followers to call my own,
only we're somewhat more diverse a throng.
More of us men, of course, or better called
mere boys---the fallen Icarus, the scorched
Phaëthon, and those hairless rumps desired
by two or more ungenerous divines---
but no small count of women, mainly elves
who all bemoan their choice never to pledge
themselves to you, as if your punishments
were not so harsh, or else your sworn defense
were so infallible....I must confess
I still love you, just never as goddess.
like to your merry band of nymphs, I've found
a flock of followers to call my own,
only we're somewhat more diverse a throng.
More of us men, of course, or better called
mere boys---the fallen Icarus, the scorched
Phaëthon, and those hairless rumps desired
by two or more ungenerous divines---
but no small count of women, mainly elves
who all bemoan their choice never to pledge
themselves to you, as if your punishments
were not so harsh, or else your sworn defense
were so infallible....I must confess
I still love you, just never as goddess.