Roman mythology
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let me tell you the story of venus of the swamp.
how she emerged
fully formed
from the pond scum;
her hair thick with algae
My sons,
You have unmade me,
Made me mother to an empire--
Would that the two of you once
Cupid is dead
And Venus is fallen
They've run out of lovers
And suitors to call them
They've left you poor souls
To be lonely instead
For Venus is fallen
And Cupid is dead
