The Price

To see
the angular dimensions
of her aqueduct
is to be within the sea
and know
that there's no luck.

Such perfection
as is seen
within her catacomb
allows the viewer
all there is
to know
of hearth and home.

To glance therein
and know the place
to seek to dwell within
will place the viewer
deep inside
the wisdom of all men.

There can be no loss or cost
that bares its face in shame;
to know the truth of what was lost
Achilles did go lame.

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