Tantalus
Grasping air
where fruitlets sway
water's dust
cruel shadowplay:
accused
refused tactility
infernal thirsts
futility.
Tantalus © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
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15 words (prompt limit). The Untouchable brevity prompt challenge - link:
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Poem inspire by the myth of Tantalus in Hades:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantalus
Submitted: February 25, 2020