Shane McCrae

The Hero of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

A misthios was all I ever wanted
Not to be     am I dream     the money’s in
      A box in the clouds but     wait was tin
Cheap while I lived     the money’s clean     not haunted

In a tin box      hung from a bronze chain nailed
With a gold nail     to the clouds     I climb a match
      -stick ladder to my roof and watch
For the gold nail to freeze and snap in the cold

And dreams to fall from the sky     I kill enough
Wild goats     the eagle I command falls aw
      -ful on the next     and on his claw
I see the blood     I see the cloud-white fluff

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