Syssitia Poem by Douglas Scotney

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Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. Resides in Adelaide
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Syssitia



In place of 'restaurant'
I suggest we use the name
for the old Spartan custom
of eating the main meal in public.

To endear 'syssitia',
I fabricate an ambition
fruitless as a task Sisyphean:
that of King Syssitus of Athens
and his Queen Syssotia
to spice up boring Boeotia.

Syssitia
Douglas Scotney
Wednesday, June 12, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: food,language
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