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# Decisions Have Consequences
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- Published: 2022-12-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-12T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: Hector contemplates the specter of a Paris governed Troy loves his brother like no other not a prospect he'd enjoy his Andromache's whole drama still too distant to behold so oblivious he's leaving us he lets events u...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

Hector contemplates the specter  
of a Paris governed Troy  
loves his brother like no other  
not a prospect he'd enjoy  
his Andromache's whole drama  
still too distant to behold  
so oblivious he's leaving us  
he lets events unfold

gates thrown open, he is hopin'  
he'll be equal to the task  
his opponent though is on it  
Patroclus had worn a mask  
the man's lover, he'll discover  
kills, then drags him through the dirt  
Hector dragged more than a hectare  
no use faulting Helen's skirt

era brought down by an error  
had the Myrmidon been spared,  
brave Achilles gave the willies  
but remaining undeclared  
had the Trojan theologians  
with an edge, however slight  
bad decision -- in Elysian fields  
they still debate that fight