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# Pity Achilles
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- Published: 2022-11-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: pity Achilles -- the man's chief appeal is his weaker, assailable heel Peloponnese knows it isn't his knees those were a part of his deal Thetis his mother, 'twas she and no other dunked him, head first, in the Styx m...
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

pity Achilles -- the man's chief appeal is  
his weaker, assailable heel  
Peloponnese knows it isn't his knees  
those were a part of his deal  
Thetis his mother, 'twas she and no other  
dunked him, head first, in the Styx  
made him impervious, rude and discourteous  
words might still hurt, but not sticks  
should have let go -- mothers know this is so  
he might still be marauding today  
and his Myrmidon fellas -- to a man, they were jealous  
would be following into the fray

so pity Achilles -- a man that I feel is  
woefully misunderstood  
though you never can tell -- all is well that ends well  
he might live in the end -- Hollywood