Zeus

when Zeus promised my return

          again, to face the loathly

          teeth of the abyss daring

          at the elliptical hour

          of a hot June day as the cicadas’

          cantos wake up the high noon

with sweet lullabies 

olive tree leaves sieve

          sunlight and the loaf

          allotted to me

was kneed without yeast

swirls of anger and pictures of people

familiar and bearded old beasts

          of my kin who

          softly sprang up

          from the earth’s bottom 

          to release me

          from the commitment

          of eternal return

sails of caiques plastered on the horizon

ambience and nostalgia when

          I felt my primeval fear

          reignited

nothing but a warning for

my true passing through

the narrow Symplegades

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