When we walked on the shards on an icy
dawn and became a species who'd heard
the howl of The Sirens enchanting songs

in "The Well" of a Paleolithic cave Orpheus
stood slant-wise, a bird for his head, a bird
on a pole, wounded bison moaning nearby.

He, dancer in the abyss, spirit, ever to be born,
Magic bird and unhallowed fruit cruelly saved.

Anthropos, calculating the disaster
of a
micro-managed destiny: Hello.
Can you hear me? See me? Be me?

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