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The unpunished Orpheus was handed loaded dice, perhaps he knew, the passport to and from the underworld, that other demanding land. Who cared about Eurydice? Dead necessarily to die the twice, not tragic even the first time save only for him. From the customs gate she called him and who knows better the rule of death than the dead, who better knows the living’s open heel? Yet, her voice a javelin, she called and struck her mark, felled and spilled his papers, printed with the eyes of the snake. These things I have heard through the scribe of the grave interrogator, whose every interim report screams some head must roll. But Eurydice was never implicated in Orpheus’s end. And anyway, already dead, she could not gainfully be hanged again. |
This Poem was Critiqued By: Terry A On Date: 2009-07-28 19:17:00
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 1.00000
This is a great poem. It stands quite wonderfully on its own and enriches the myth, rather than the myth enriching the poem. I find reading myths too bare-bones-like. This poem isn't, and modernized as you have, it springs 21st century. Thanks for posting.
Terry