Friday, July 14
PROMETHEUS (FROM A STORY BY KAFKA)
There are other possibilities for Prometheus
that the Greeks did not see:
forgetfulness, fatigue.
Through the centuries the treason was forgotten.
The gods forgot. The eagles forgot.
Prometheus himself, after so much time,
forgot the cause of his horrible punishment.
And also the fatigue:
The gods grew tired. The eagles grew tired.
Finally the wound closed from exhaustion.
All that was left, the inexplicable rock
facing the violent, unexplained
sea.
(Circe Maia,
translated from Spanish by Jesse Lee Kercheval)