Sunday, July 23, 2023

Bad Poetry: Phaethon

She wanted to command her own desire,
Live sinfully yet not have really sinned,
To ride a private chariot of fire,
To pull the sun against the chaperone wind.
She took the flaming reins in her cold hands
And chirped to the bright horses she must drive;
And, heeding not a one of her commands,
They bolted; it’s a marvel she’s alive.
then gladly she took what the ground could give her,
Begged lenience, and leaning psot, and sank
Against the willow tree above the river,
And thanked God that she’d landed on the bank.
Long will she pay for damage from the fire;
Nor soon have time to trifle with desire.

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