Prometheus Appeals To Zeus
Isn’t the eagle a little
Unnecessary?
I mean,
Maui did it too,
And no one gnaws
His liver.
You know as well as I do
That my gift is more a curse
Than anything.
So I gave them fire.
Yes, they can bake bread,
And that offends your
Sensibilities,
But they’ll burn their daughters
Too,
And soon, their smoking world
Will smother them.

Gabriel Gadfly is a poet living and writing in Montevallo, AL. He is the author of
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