If I were Midas
I would not touch you of course
But I would touch everything around you
Fill your life with golden splendour
If I were Homer
My next epic would have you as hero
Magnificent in your helmet and breastplate
Fighting on the shores by a walled city
If I were Leonidas
I would come back on my Shield
Having died defending you
And all we hold dear
If I were Clytemnestra
I would forgive you your war absences
And even Cassandra
I would stand by your side
Copyright © 2020 Kim Whysall-Hammond
For Tony on his Birthday
The Cheesesellers Wife 
A great birthday poem.
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Thank you 😊
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Excellent allusions. Tony probably shares a birthday with Shakespeare. That must make it easy to remember.
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And it’s St George’s Day……
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