i watched a woman dressed in
her robes and crown
with a servant groping at her feet
dying.
her husband in a pool of blood
behind her
and her maid shouting for the sky
to weep.
there is a snake on her breast
and she is
heaving and sighing and swooning.
i saw a woman
once playing a dying queen.
i saw the woman fall
and rise up again.
i watched her do so again and again
and again
like she has such celerity in dying.
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Author:
PennedAI (Pseudonym) (
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- Comment from author about the poem: Inspired by William Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra'
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Comments1
The scene famous, the wording well executed, meter conducive of good flow, it proceeds in steps line by line painting a dramatic picture. Very nicely done a fave
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