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Medusa
by
Paul Curtis
The Gorgons
The sisters three
Sthenno and Euryale
Had immortality
Medusa by far
Was most beautiful
But she was
Merely mortal
The god Poseidon
And the lovely Medusa
In love, desecrated
The temple of Athena
In revenge
Furious goddess Athena
Cruelly punished
The beautiful Medusa
Turning to snakes
Her lovely hair
Making her ugly
With a fatal stare
Her visage
Hideous to look upon
Mean death
From Medusa the gorgon
With scaly skin
And serpent hair
She awaiting victims
In her lair
One night
While Medusa slumbered
Brave Perseus struck
And her head was severed
Even after death
To look upon her
Would petrify
Any befalling her stare
Brave prince Perseus
After slaying Medusa
Delivered the head
To a grateful Athena
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