Calliope
Voice like a salved bruise,
I sing atop the heavens,
Chanting a sweet breeze
Agalope
Echoing the western sea,
The victor of song mocks me
Leucosia
This golden goddess
This winged sage to brave men,
This pure counsellor,
Ligeia
Recites tales of our defeat,
Voyagers breaking our siege
Calliope
Avert the poison,
Seeped in those cold melodies,
Await such tainted fangs
Agalope
She thunders above the ship,
Laden with hungry bruisers
Leucosia
With our morphing skin,
Deems us courtesans of death,
Lurking monstresses
Ligeia
Sick serpents playing women,
A horror of claws and tails
Calliope
Firm wax in your ears,
Wring your bows and wield your spears,
Cease their instruments
Agalope
Tread the path of a temptress,
Ensnare them in azure waves
Leucosia
Trap their paddling oars
In moss and anemone
Leave only torn skin
Ligeia
My sisters, listen only,
to rush of the falling tides
Calliope
Heroes, beware of
their cold, saccharine voices,
Piercing your chest
Agalope
Afraid the Muse speaks the truth,
We only sing empty notes
Leucosia
No warm honey drips,
Only pastiche harmonies
Leak from our barbed throats
Ligeia
Defiled maidens in your dreams,
More licentious than Cypris
Calliope
Slay these vile harlots
Mermaid, lover, fellow muse,
They pose for your lust
Agalope
For the gods never declared
Which body belonged to us
Leucosia
Pale, dark, tan, olive
Washing off our scaly skins,
To catch their wary eyes
Ligeia
Seduce and live again,
Or perish in blue abyss
Calliope
Brave Odysseus,
Rally your barbarians!
Dye this sea crimson!
Agalope
Our bare breasts and hair unbound,
Our soft lips part, mouths unlatched
Leucosia
Ready to feed on
These weary, calloused bodies,
Or they will feed on my own
Ligeia
Rip us with pointed weapons,
Sharper than those iron spears
Agalope
Chaste Calliope,
You defied Kronos and Mourai,
To sing these warnings
Leucosia
Entitled us impure beasts
To be massacred and shamed
Ligeia
Oh Muse, turn your gaze
Upon these wayward women
For once, hear our tune
Agalope Leucosia Ligeia
If only you’d sang to us,
If only you’d warned me.
Calliope
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