After
several thousand years as a corpse goddess
Libitina is now, by a fiat of Google's,
The goddess of corners (You can look it up)
This both pleases and disconcerts her.
Corpses pointedly ignore her; she is uncertain
Of her new duties. Many of the prayers she gets
Were meant for other gods who, being homeless,
Are hard to find, while she's on every street-corner
Her support group includes St. Brigid
(Once a water spirit or perhaps fire incarnate.
Scholars disagree and she's no longer sure herself)
And Orchil (Death goddess who minors in sorcery;
Also a gourmet cook. Invented by Standish O'Grady
In a fit of Irish patriotism, in 1893).
Libitina is now, by a fiat of Google's,
The goddess of corners (You can look it up)
This both pleases and disconcerts her.
Corpses pointedly ignore her; she is uncertain
Of her new duties. Many of the prayers she gets
Were meant for other gods who, being homeless,
Are hard to find, while she's on every street-corner
Her support group includes St. Brigid
(Once a water spirit or perhaps fire incarnate.
Scholars disagree and she's no longer sure herself)
And Orchil (Death goddess who minors in sorcery;
Also a gourmet cook. Invented by Standish O'Grady
In a fit of Irish patriotism, in 1893).
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