Achilles in Hell
Cooper Esteban

Even lying callus
to callus, Patroclus,
one
word--Helen--
under my breath.
Her legs sutured
to mine.
If only
Peleus had kept
to the higher
slopes, I might
have been
a farmer's boy,
fucking his father's
yearlings when
no one
was looking.

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