a collage using words from Emily Wilson's translation of Homer's Odyssey
by VINCENZO REDDITT
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massive
full of cargo
hauled
black freighter
sharpened
fastened
raised
explosive
cables
round and round
loosed
still unsure
suckers
into the socket, binding it
From this,
the iron
takes on its power.