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Victory is as a Woman Portrayed

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Victory is as woman portrayed
Because she is fickle.

History is written (occasionally)
By winners, but Eternity is penned
By the Losers.

Victory is as woman portrayed
Because she is sometimes false.

Hector died because victory
Called forth his death, swift Achilles,
Breaking the breaker of men.

Victory is as woman portrayed
Because she is vicious.

The Romans crucified a upstart,
Gained a victory against He
Who returned their master.
This one is kind of old, actually.

Wrote this somewhere around my trip to Chicago which seemed to break my spirit so. Contemporary with this are "The Sun said to Chiacago", "Christ is No Hydra", and to a lesser extent, "On My Graduation".
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TexasDreamer01's avatar
I've always wondered why Victory is a woman. (Though there's a certain amount of irony in an entire era being named after her...)