Pythia

Inspired by Socrates.

E, one half of Pytho

The oracle of Apollo's temple

"No man in Athens is wiser than Socrates"

More or less said.

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Are the properties of word

inherent in the name of word

Heo biþ genemned

可是她™有叫名-。

Discordant struck strings

plucking notes of higher things

High structures, fine chords

"arpeggio", "tighter, AND faster."

Though I sit a small breadth away

A city's width to stray -- some might say

Flow, as the orchid, dancing lady

Go, like Ovid, the didactic coronary

Metamorphose, Sinful Oni,

Do not lay þine Kawaii neko-eyes  (😽)

Beady as the Magatama

On mine sulfurous guise.

Author's Note

This is a gloss. Don't read if you don't want it spoiled:

Heo biþ genemned = she is named.

可是她™有叫名字 = but she is not named.

þine = your

Reviews

[Meraki]

I didn't want it spoiled but I read anyways and I understood more and.. and then I don't know it was like the playfulness in the way you write disappeared and it became much more somber. Like when you dance by still water to be closer to the stars and then something disturbs the water and you realize you'll never be close enough. Basically pretending only to get hit with a dose of reality. I didn't care much for reality

[Meraki]

I posted my comment accidentally I didn't say much of what I wanted to. I liked it.. It was so much more than I realized. That's also partly why I like it too.. It's another layer revealed. I like this puzzle piece language you've discovered. It's brilliant.