This poem is taken from Stand 215, 15(3) October - November 2017.

D.M. Black Two Poems
The birth of Asklepios
 
What was it thinking of, the crow that told Apollo
about Coronis' infidelity? In rage, the God
acted too hastily – he shot an arrow,
she died, and he could not revive her. Nevertheless,
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