odysseus spends ten years crossing borders nobody calls borders of anything yet
every shore asks him who he is
every king asks him what he brings
when he says home, they laugh
when he says war, they pray
no one calls him a criminal for wanting to return to a place that remembers his name
killer of suitors
athena’s greatest warrior
i wonder how many odysseuses drown now before we decide their story is epic enough to deserve mercy
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