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# Persephone's Country Song
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/persephones-country-song/
- Published: 2022-07-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-07-28T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: I got a call from hell today. Turns out it was Persephone. It was on video -- they say that she eschews telephony.
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

I got a call from hell today.  
Turns out it was Persephone.  
It was on video -- they say  
that she eschews telephony.

She asked me: "can you get me out,  
me and a few more ladies.  
The damned be damned, they scream and shout",  
and threw some shade on Hades.

I said: "Dear, I'm not Orpheus,  
and have no magic flute.  
And Hades, he's been courteous,  
I bear him no dispute."

But she insisted, and said: "Please!  
You'll have eternal life."  
And then proceeded with a tease,  
so now she is my wife.

Is life eternal now, you ask?  
It surely feels superb.  
And though I often multitask  
The phone's on "Don't Disturb".

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**Author notes:** image from World History Encyclopedia