Sturdy Sight
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Apollo failed to make a son inside
Nymph Daphne. Godly rape was on his mind.
Apollo’s semen had to be applied
To leaves instead. The leaves and seed combined
To make virginity in her a green
That lasted through her year unchanged.
The makers of the myth did not demean
Themselves by proving why she ran deranged
From God Apollo’s love. The writers fail
To say. For two millennia they tell
Us arrows. They could make the victim quail
Away? Perhaps she saw a godlike swell.
She saw his perfect nose and mouth and face.
Did something veined and hulking cause the chase?
~ Phillip Whidden
by phillipw | Mar 23, 2025 | AP, CO, DA, ER, PE |