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February 02, 2021

"The People of Yesteryear" [by Loren Goodman]

Loren Goodman
The People of Yesteryear

The people of yesteryear were quite
Remarkable. Alexander the Great, for
Example, I was surprised to see, had
No arms, only one leg, and no head!

Neither Dionysus nor Aphrodite
Had noses; though they were not
Real people — merely gods
Who roamed the earth, occasionally
Interfering in human affairs

-- Loren Goodman

from The Hat. from the archive. first posted February 2009.

Posted by on February 02, 2021 at 08:08 AM in Feature, From the Archive, Poems |

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