~ Part Two ~

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"how to love a mortal:

i.

stay away from him. gods

do not love. you are a god.

do not love something

that will someday die.

ii.

small-boned, soft-hearted,

voice smooth as stones.

when he breaks his ankle

you think to yourself:

oh, how easily the world

wounds him. oh,

how easily he bleeds.

iii.

he kisses you first. he

is thirteen and human

and he will someday die.

do not kiss him back."

-    Excerpt from Achilles Dreaming by Natalie Wee

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