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All right, just
two more I think.

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One more from the mythological
poems and then the title poem,

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and then I'm sure that it's
a long evening for everyone.

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"Eurydice."

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This is written-- it's the
point in time in the story

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just after-- as you'll
be able to tell,

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but just after
Orpheus has blown it

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by turning around and
dooming her to return

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to the underworld, rather than
returning to life on Earth

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with him.

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"Eurydice."

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"Why couldn't you just
trust that I would follow?

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Now, I'm left dodging
hijackers in hell who

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can't stop looking for the
virgins they were promised,

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while back on the
ranch, you sing

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to the almond trees
and lemurs, your beauty

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made great by your loss.

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If I came as close as
I dared to the border,

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if I begged you, if
I prayed, would you

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come down to the
plane of my suffering?

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Would you touch me not
as the God you've become,

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but as the man who returns
from wounding exile?"

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