Truth left her well

Abigail Siegel
Nov 7 · 1 min read

three days after I whispered to the depths

Jean-Léon Gérôme

on the first I went home, content with my life
to a warm fire, my children, and my wife

on the second day the well ran dry
and the poor little children began to cry
my wife looked at me with a sigh

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Abigail Siegel

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Grad student in classics researching Latin poetry as well as myth and supernatural folklore. Writes poetry, pieces on education and lit, and short stories.

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Poems of fairytale and of life.

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