Herodotus Lives
Zeus
redefined
Mount Olympus
redesigned
The songs of Homer
redescribed
The result of two millennia's experiences passed
awaits
These voices
so very many
voices
resonate
with centuries-old tales
of greedy gods
seeking
the secret
to human
alchemy
One
condones clinic
killings
Another
exploits ethnic
euthanasia
One even
tolerates a thirst
for terrorism
Is it that
obvious
our leaden ears
have turned out
a source
for their golden plunders?
Further along on our Aegean journey . . .
We want not for the lure of the siren's call We create our own
Cyclops
is nothing more
than a bully
to be silenced
by a bullet's bite
The scaly nature
of Medusa's
writhing hair
is cured
by simply switching
conditioners
With the Philosophy
of History
transmogrified
Does Hegel's
dialectic
go terribly
awry
The truth
I seek
I shall find
From within
I pushoff
My Iliad
began calmly
on the shallow waters
of collective consciousness
And will end
upon discovery
of my soul's place
in perpetuity
---Robert Meyers-Lussier
29 October 1995
