Uploaded September 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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How mad do I have to be?
Mother dearest, breathe me in
I can almost taste the scent
This salt ain’t of the sea

To make way for him
I would burn out the sun
But here in the shade I am nothing but thought
And alone here, Achilles
Half of me yearning
‘Cause half of me’s down there with you

What I am is time
To etch out that smile
Into the stone and the earth and the wild
I’d be the asterisk
Northeast his name
Simply to know him
I’d say farewell to fame

From Homer to Goethe
Shakespeare and Corneille
Even in death, we live on in the plays
And the stories, Achilles
Our war-bound acclaim
Merely for love I would toss it away

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