Dear Athena,

Some people on the internet say

that what you did to Medusa

was a gift, so she could take revenge

on men like Poseidon

(who wasn’t just a man)

for doing things like what Poseidon

did.

But I call bullshit, Athena.

I don’t know who you paid

to sell that version of yourself

but if you gave a shit

about Medusa

then why did you give Perseus

the goddamn shield

he would use to kill her?

You were a goddess

and Poseidon a god

so if you wanted revenge

why didn’t you

take it?