Charley Horse is riding again
Up and down, up and down
Fast enough to make my head spin
Riding hard and fast as the stormy wind
He rides in the night silent as a lamb
I don’t hear him coming
Then bam!
He tramples my leg, turns it outside in
I scowl and I seethe and I hang on tight
Charley Horse ain’t slowing down
I hold on fast and try to rein in his might
But Charley Horse is away. He’ll be back again.
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Many thanks for visiting my blog. I post updates on my writing career, I muse over storytelling and fiction, and I reflect on the curious and wonderful things in life.
“Hermes is not having the best time. He walks a fine line, and his duty as messenger of Olympus weighs heavily on him. Being a god in the modern age means living in a world that no longer believes in gods. How much can one deity accomplish when no one respects him anymore? And why do his instincts tell him that he, the son of Zeus, is losing favor with his own family?
Tensions abound. The upstart Young Gods play dangerous games using entire cities as their boards. Formless monsters strike from the nighttime shadows, terrorizing hapless mortals. Agents of rival pantheons scheme to thwart Olympus’ designs. In the thick of it all, Hermes does what he does best: trick, lie, and cheat his way to victory.“
Jake W. Powell 