The Penelopiad: The Myth of Penelope and Odysseus

II. The Chorus Line: Rope-Jumping Rhyme

we are the maids the ones you killed the ones you failed

we danced in air our bare feet twitched it was not fair

with every goddess, from there to here you scratched your itch

we did much less than what you did you judged us bad

you had the spear you had the word at your command

we scrubbed the blood of our dead paramours from floors,

from stairs, from doors, we knelt in water while you stared

at our bare feet it was not fair you licked our fear

it gave you pleasure you raised your hand you watched us fall

we danced on air the ones you failed the ones you killed