Thou shalt have one God only; who
Would be at the expense of two?
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: Arthur Hugh Clough, dark humor, religion, rhyme, social commentary
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Waiting for Icarus 1
He said he would be back and we’d drink wine together
He said that everything would be better than before
Categories: Poetry
Tagged: conversational, gender, Muriel Rukeyser, mythology, social commentary, unsettling