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Myth of Devotion

Myth of Devotion. Louise Gluck. When Hades. Decided he loved this girl. He built for her. A duplicate of earth . Everything the same. Down to the Meadow. But with a bed added. Including the Sunlight. Everything the same. Because it would be so hard on a young girl.

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Myth of Devotion

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  1. Myth of Devotion Louise Gluck

  2. When Hades Decided he loved this girl He built for her A duplicate of earth Everything the same Down to the Meadow But with a bed added

  3. Including the Sunlight Everything the same Because it would be so hard on a young girl To go so quickly from bright light To utter darkness

  4. He’d introduce the night He thought First as the shadows of fluttering leaves. Gradually Then stars No stars Then no moon Then moon Let Persephone get used to it slowly In the end She’d find it comforting He thought

  5. A replica of earth Except there was love here Doesn’t everyone want love?

  6. The beloved body polestar compass Doesn’t everyone want to feel in the night? To hear the quiet breathing that says I am alive That means also you are alive Because you hear me And when one turns The other turns

  7. That’s what he felt The lord of darkness Looking at the world he had constructed for Persephone It never crossed his mind that there’s be no more smelling here Certainly no more eating

  8. Terror? The fear of love? Guilt? These things he couldn’t imagine; No lover ever imagines them

  9. He wonders what to call this place. He dreams First he thinks: The New Hell Then: The Garden In the end He decides to name it Persephone’s Girlhood

  10. A soft light rising above the level meadow Behind the bed He takes her in his arms. He wants to say I love you Nothing can hurt you

  11. This is a lie But he thinks So he says in the end You’re dead Nothing can hurt you Which seems to him a more promising beginning More true

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