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Lysistrata Lectures the Gods
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Lysistrata Lectures the Gods Listen, we’re sick of the death counts in the newspaper. I’m not kidding—this war is crazy.Why can’t you giveApollo prime time?You know—music, art.Any idiot with an IQ remotely close to that of a tree stump knows wars tend to solve nothing. I expected more from the gods.You, Venus, what about love? OrAthena, what can a widow expect from you?Wisdom doesn’t feed the kids. I must say, Zeus, you’re a man, and I know what’s on your agenda, bragging about Leda and throwing thunderbolts, classic dunderhead behavior.Well, we’re in hell, and like Persephone fighting dark Hades, it’s a waste of time.A soldier missing her arm is going to be missing it forever, ditto a leg. I just think there’s a better way. Mars, are you listening, you jerk? 38 ...