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Writer's pictureKeith King

Cleopatra

Cleopatra

I always wondered why the boys made such a fuss,

Why men swooned as she walked by,

Simps stalking her socials like bees to nectar,

And why the betas discussed her in hushed circles.


Cleopatra,

I encountered her the other night,

Our eyes locked under the crimson traffic lights.

She slipped me a note with her number,

We met on Tuesday, the very next day—

Smooth, I must say, was my operation that night.


Cleopatra,

The girl the boys made a big deal of,

The damsel I dined with effortlessly,

The one men thirsted after,

The wench I drank with till dawn.

Yes, smooth was my operation that night.


Cleopatra,

I found, was marred with undeniable insecurities.

Was it her nose piercing? The tattoo on her arm?

The scar on her brow, her body?

So many questions.

But I uncovered what many men had missed—

Operating smoothly, that's my way.


Cleopatra,

The girl many thirsted for,

Fought for, and died for,

Was far from their corrupted ideal.


Cleopatra,

I found, was a vampire, a nymphomaniac,

A sorority girl filled with jealousy and contempt,

Haunted by her past lover's accomplishments,

Monkey-branching, cock-blocking,

A horrendous gossip, with daddy issues.


I uncovered the book, read its pages, understood its subject.

"I'm not impressed," I said

As I closed the door of my Chevy behind her.


Why, you certainly know what I'm about to say!

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