Demeter,
Did you try to rein in Persephone,
prevent her from growing up,
keep her by your side for too long?
Was she abducted or did she run away?
Why were you so afraid?
Was Hades a motorcycle-riding,
black-leather-jacket-wearing,
impudent young god?
Did he sweet-talk your daughter,
sweep her off her feet?
Did he promise to take her to the stars,
but instead delivered Hell on earth?
And those pomegranate seeds,
Were they fruit or blood or children?
She would have stayed for her children's sake.
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