When we walked on the shards on an icy
dawn and became a species who'd heard
the howl of The Siren's enchanting song,

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 our
micro-managed destiny:
Hello. Can you hear me? Can
you see me? Can you be me?

 

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