Omegajam

Lately I've come to see that things are so grave
Prometheus regrets the gifts that he gave
Atlas's shoulders cannot take the strain
Narcissus the flower never stared so vainly
It's plainly seen; from this earth we're estranged
Ares has found no real wars to engage
Hermes of late is not so light of foot
His messages backed up and stacked to the roof

So I call this meeting to order
State your case and stand in line
I stall on a critical border
Between deities and humankind

Out of all gathered here I'm the one hardest hit
I'm doubting my power, you're having a fit
Seems even I, Zeus, have my own Achilles heel
But Achilles says that's how his whole body feels now
It's lame to see the earth laid to waste
The evil Medusa's ashamed of her face
Dionysus, red-cheeked, is renouncing his drink
Bold ways of his past in a haze as he sinks

So I call this meeting to order
State your case and stand in line
I stall on a critical border
Between deities and humankind

And oh, how we've come to be prisoners of fate
The Muses are lost in this new world of hate
Pandora's not sure a mere box could contain
Enough hope to negate the pain of the ungrateful
So I've greased up my lightning, charged up my form
Poseidon call forth the worst of your storms
And Hades prepare to greet the new hordes
Blindfolded they'll come for their just rewards

I called this meeting to order
You stated your case and stood in line
I fell off a critical border
And chose deities over humankind

© 1997 Simeon Flick

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