Friday, December 23, 2011

Oracle

The truth, mortal? 

I will tell you this much—the rest 
You’ll have to make up 

As you go. 


5 comments:

  1. I'm with you here, Vassilis. Please, enjoy the season, however fictionalised or otherwise it might be.

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  2. When the Oracle tells you to adjust your makeup -- either it's time to start worrying, or time to scale the red plush steps, close your eyes, reach out and humbly accept the statuette.

    (For "statuette" -- as you know, poets always speak by indirection -- read: olive branch, pomegranate seed, or what you will.)

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  3. To Elisabeth in warm, sunny Victoria and to Tom in sub-zero Bay Area California from a grateful friend in far-off Hellas:

    I accept these most gracious words knowing full well they come από τα βάθη της ψυχής (from the depths of the soul).

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  4. Vassilis,

    I recall the long uphill climb to the oracle's seat at Delphi, only to find--a hole in the ground.

    Ah, then I understood.

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  5. I can't see any hole in your reasoning. In the meantime, have a Merry Christmas, Conrad!

    PS. Gonna enter a name? Since you've been to Delphi, you might have an edge over the others.

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