If you've ever
watched a child
watching a ball
skip like a stone or
take off like a rocket,
you could believe that
Sisyphus, broken by Zeus,
dispossessed of all ego,
slave to a route,
might find pleasure in
the act of watching his boulder,
with such thunder and fracas,
roll back down
its mountainside.
And taking this further,
perhaps it's not a stretch
to picture a sunset
or some such other
depression of time
wherein Man's exhaustion
caves in
only to lift him up again
whereupon his feet did follow
the rock's example,
bearing him down
at such terrific speeds
that Sisyphus was not
Sisyphus
but merely a spoke of gravity,
his thoughts busy thinking:
This ain't so bad.
Beats being King,
at any rate.
5 comments:
"a spoke of gravity." I like that very much. It seems to have meaning beyond the line.
"Sisyphus, broken by Zeus,
dispossessed of all ego,
slave to a route,
might find pleasure in
the act of watching his boulder,
with such thunder and fracas,
roll back down
its mountainside."
I love this idea! I can picture him, laughing and saying "more!" as he pushed it up, ready to watch it come back down. (in this mental image, he looks like my son :) )
Charles, probably my favorite line, too. Thanks for pointing that out.
Paul, I'd like to think there's some freedom to Sisyphus's slavery. No more struggling for control and power--the chance to be a kid again.
I'm glad you liked this one. And I bet your boy's adorable! :)
Number 15 it is.
Tag it and bag it, Mrs Landingham.
Our business of picking the best is done here.
What's next?
THIS ONE WAS SO HARD.
(That is all.)
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