Hecatomb

I give thick thighbones
char-black, heaped
with severed tongue of bull,
for the god of
the wine-dark sea,
who spawned your island
from his earthquakes and seed.

The grey-eyed goddess
gave you to me
with winning words
from a jungle cat,
and to me you gave
your hand, for Pallas
I offer my finest spear.

This wine I pour
from honeyed bowl
I pour for you,
sweet woman, who stood
with me in virgin linens,
for we are separate
by a great cup
of Poseidon�s brine.

~Halcyondream

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