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The gods
move easy
in this place
riding the sounds
of traffic

Zeus
hangs ten
on the waves
of a hook
& ladder
siren

Brother Hades
prefers
an ambulance
scream
in crisis
as does Persephone
when she isn?Äôt rumbling
& screeching
with her mother
above a muni-bus

Ares rides
police cars
but wishes
they drove
loud monster
trucks
with big tires

Or course,
Hermes
steals
every
Harley
on the street

Aphrodite
prefers
the pleaurable purr

of a limo
off the stoplight

while Artemis
takes pleasure
in the whining
engines
of sports cars
with four on the floor
athletically
maneuvering
in & out
of traffic

Dionysus
will take any car
that?Äôs DUI
or driving recklessly
or even a car
that backfires
now
& again

Atheme
sits atop
a quiet
efficient
Mercedes
while Hera
takes taxis
through
the red light
districts
& abuses
the horn

Apollo
judges his cars
by their radios
(volume up
loud!)
changing stations
often to create

coded messages
with the
pushbuttons

In the distance
not so far
from this street scene
Poseideon offers
his eternal presence
through
a foghorn.

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