Deucalion

by headburner

Posted to Poetry on 2004-01-21 21:36:00


Deucalion,
Built an ark
With his wife, Pyrrha,
And floated in it
To survive the deluge sent by Zeus.

They,

Not Adam and Eve
Became the ancestors
Of the renowned human race.

Not Noah,
Nor Gilgamesh,
The semidivine king of Erech,
Not God, Jehovah, Buddha nor Mahomet.

I will tell you the story of Prometheus,
Deucalion’s father…

But not now.

Right now I’m the Silver Surfer
Trying to save democracy.



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