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MYTH:  MISTRESS & MOUSY

DESPOENA AND SMINTHESUS
FRIENDS AND LOVERS
WENT THEIR SEPARATE WAYS
CIRCUMSTANCES UNSAID

SMINTHESUS MET AIDONEUS AGANIPPE
A WOMAN OF POWER & WEALTH
A WOMAN WITH NO SCRUPLES
A WOMAN WITH HATE IN HER EYES



YET, WITH ALL HER EVILNESS
ALL SMINTHESUS SAW WAS HER WEALTH
AIDONEUS KNEW HIS WEAKNESS
SO, THEY BECAME HUSBAND AND WIFE

YEARS WENT BY AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE
UNTIL ONE NIGHT DINING AT THE RITZ
HE SAW HER FROM AFAR....
HIS LONG, LOST LOVE, DESPOENA

SHE WAS SO BEAUTIFUL
HE WENT TO HER AND ASKED HER TO DANCE
AS IF HYPNOTIZED, DESPOENA
STOOD UP AND DANCED ALL NIGHT

SMINTHESUS AND DESPOENA
LOVERS AGAIN
O, MY GOD, WHAT ABOUT AIDONEUS
AS LEGEND SAYS AND TOLD TALES

AIDONEUS FOLLOWED SMINTHESUS ONE DAY
SHE FOUND HIM WITH DESPOENA
IN THEIR SECRET PLACE
A CABIN FAR AWAY IN THE WHITE SANDS

AIDONEUS BECAME ENGROSSED WITH RAGE
TRANSFORMING INTO A DEMON
TOOK DESPOENA
KILLING HER UNMERCIFULLY


SMINTHESUS DID NOTHING
HE WAS SO MOUSY AND WEAK
DESPOENA, THE MISTRESS
WAS DEAD

THERE SHE LAY NAKED ON THE ROCKS
ON THE WHITE SANDS
OF ONCE UPON
A SECRET PLACE

original poem by MaRi LaPoema
       (c) 3/17/01



MYTHOLOGY NAMES & THEIR MEANINGS:

DESPOENA } means MISTRESS
SMINTHEUS }  means MOUSY
AIDONEUS } means HADES (demon)
AGANIPPE } means KILL UNMERCIFULLY

                
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