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      October 9, 2021The Weight of the HeavensEmma Hoff

      Was the minotaur
      Really
      A monster?
       
      Or was he
      Just placed here
      To scare mankind.
       
      Like Atlas,
      Who was placed here to live,
      Instead bearing everything,
      The heavens.
       
      What were the heavens like,
      I wonder,
      And would the minotaur like it there?
       
      Would it be easier
      If you were served by a servant,
      Who holds you up?
       
      Or would you take pity,
      For Atlas already
      Holds enough.
       
      But how much would the heavens weigh,
      If there were
      No people?
       
      Does it matter how many people
      Are there,
      For each person adds just a little weight.
       
      Surely the stars weigh more,
      Or say,
      The moon?
      And surely the sun burns
      Atlas’s already weighted
      Shoulders.
       
      Or maybe,
      The grief
      That he isn’t out there doing things.
       
      The minotaur is.

      from 2021 RYPA

      Emma Hoff (age 8)

      Why do you like to write poetry?

      “When people read poetry, and literature in general, they finish, and they say, ‘I wish that was real.’ But in the period of time they read the text, everything in it is real, in a way. I like to write poetry because I like to make unbelievable things real.”

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