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HESPERIDES by NAOMI REYNOLDS

First Line: GOLDEN APPLES FOR GODDESSES
Last Line: I WILL HAVE NONE.
Subject(s): APPLES; FRUIT; HESPERIDES (MYTHOLOGY);

Golden apples for goddesses;
Silver, for me.
(From countless orchards come exultant cries
Of those to whom gnarled, natural fruit tastes sweet.
How gladly would they snatch my silver spheres!)
I will have golden apples, or
I will have none.



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