who who whoA Poem by annie leewhere do they come from?who makes the monsters? who brews the toxins and lies? who hammers the steel, blue-white hot into razor edged swords and deadly daggers? ancients blamed their gods, gangs of fallible, venal, careless deities whose thoughtless antics often bore monstrous results: cyclops, krakens, medusa and sirens. our gods, though, are sober, grim and chaste; they sire no monsters and leave that willful sin at our feet. © 2013 annie leeAuthor's Note
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2 Reviews Added on June 27, 2013 Last Updated on June 27, 2013 Tags: poetry, monsters, who will save us Authorannie leePrunedale, CAAboutI'm a tough old broad who spent almost 30 years at Ma Bell, and that is high level training for surviving in the jungle. Thank you for your patience. I am retired from the Unix and Linux world, but w.. more..Writing
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