Imagine Ignorance
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Imagine being ignorant enough
To fail to know the difference between
The Fates and Furies, or between the buff
Abderos and his Heracles, that queen
Of ancient heroes so in love with guys
It’s hard to count them all; too ignorant
To know the difference between that wise
Great thinker and between his pignorant
Young student Alcibiades, adored;
Or nymph and nectar, centaurs who are sage
Or satyrs and their victims who are gored
By permanent erections, all the rage
Among the nymphs with yearning woodland holes
Forever on the lookout for those poles.
~ Phillip Whidden