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THE DEATH OF ACHILLES

Turning on the blade of the sun
He feels no pain.
He counts it all as illusion.
Existence was a cobweb's whisper.
And now he is nothing, and knows it,
The sky
Darkening to extinction as he falls.
On his knees he is an avalanche still falling,
But is dead by the time
He bucks to the earth and rolls.
The echo of his cry
Lives half a moment after Achilles.
Then there is war, but not his war,
Though there are still clouds, and there is still smoke,
And there are still fish in the silver sea -
And the wind blows wide across
Tundra
Palm trees
Coral islands
Enameled deserts ....
Somewhere, the shell of a turtle lies
Half-buried in the driftwood of the sun ....

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Poem title: HELEN OF TROY



Poem title: THE DRAFTING OF ODYSSEUS



Poem title: ODYSSEUS ON DELOS



Poem title: THE DEATH OF PATROCLUS



Poem title: THE DEATH OF ACHILLES



Poem title: THE DEATH OF NESTOR



Poem title: WAVES



Poem title: NAUSICA


This poem THE DEATH OF ACHILLES was first published when posted on the Internet by Hugh Cook on 2004 January 31 Saturday. Copyright © 2004, 2005 Hugh Cook. All rights reserved.

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