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Dolls of Dirt: Sacred Poetry

by Cosmic Poet Simon Pole

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Apr 27, 2026
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Dolls of Dirt

Among the statues wander I:
Broken head of Zeus, whose blind eye,
Once bold, on Aphrodite falls,
Whose alluring voice now mute calls
To Mars, of shattered arms, and shield,
Which long to the victor have yield;
And other rubble strewn about,
In which the hogs rummage and snout,
Great blocks the v…

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