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Crawling
Through the Dirt



Crawling Through the Dirt
Gods and Men

John Grey

No one blames those Greek gods any more.
Pity. I could tell Ares a thing or two
he wouldn’t like to hear.
And Mercury, run as fast as you like,
you’ll never be out of earshot.

And it’s surely not the games
of the mountains and the lakes
that we are made to play so grievously.

The fact is it’s puny men
on Mt Olympus these days.
Ares is a four star general.
Mercury is the politician
who speeds away once
the fighting starts.

Soldiers would like nothing better
than to be back home
with its mountains and lakes,
not gods
but worshiped with a vengeance.



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