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Caryatids
Caryatids
Like modern caryatids,
we carry the mass of our worries,
a solid, oppressing weight,
high aloft on extended arms.
The elegant Greek ladies
of the Erechtheion,
bearing the burden upon their heads,
allowed their arms freedom, at least.
Line Count: 8
Free Verse
For Express It In Eight, October 12 2020
Prompt: Blackrock Dolmen by Rowan Gillespie
Notes: The Erectheion is a beautiful building on the Athenian Acropolis whose roof is supported by sculpted female figures (called caryatids) instead of the more usual pillars.
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