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The Face That Launched 1000 Ships

the smile of a thousand demons

By john helmersPublished 4 years ago • 1 min read
The Face That Launched 1000 Ships
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I was born with a face from which an ocean of water could be seen,

My hair was a halo of gold,

My eyes were as wide as the sea that I'd lost a hundred times,

And my smile had a hundred

My smile is the face that launched a thousand ships,

And on each ship a voice cried,

"Oh my dear sweetheart, what have you done?"

The face that launched a thousand ships,

Was a face that launched a thousand ships,

To invent a thousand ships.

When you look through my eyes,

You know that I am lost.

And you smile,

It's your way of helping me to,

To find my way.

The face that launched 1000 ships

Was the face that launched 1000 ships

Which made the face that launched 1000 ships,

The face that launched 1000 ships.

surreal poetry

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    Written by john helmers