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The Parthenon Comes To The South
A monolithic vestibule
begins the look inside.
Deeper in, within four walls
stands the attested pageant
of Greek myth.
From across the ocean
and into this landlocked stratosphere,
stands the idea of a powerful home,
an astonishing image.
The attempted story of Athena:
She whose hidden rage
came to bear upon Medusa,
whose adverse glances were the undoing of many.
Athena,
upon whose hand stands
the never pinioned shrillness of Nike.
Athena,
underneath her feet,
the debilitation of the serpent,
and upon her shield,
a portrait of the languid monster.
Modern seeking peasants strive
to mangle the friendly myth.
Athena,
Supernatural.
All her queenly falsehood apparent,
like a mythological cavern,
stands her fateful replica.
Athena, Golden Goddess,
In America reintroduced,
Deconstructed in Greece,
There her audience has decreased.
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