why does father zeus escape
his cloud-capped palace in paradise
in pursuit of human
women?
for sport? to antagonize hera?
to satisfy lust? to find love?
to renew divinity in himself?
to nudge the pendulum of
history into time?
to enter the flow & flux of
gravity? to instigate the
inevitable ululations of
beauty?
perhaps, for the sake of
destiny?
goddesses do likewise in
their earthly adventures, but
not less fatally.
the senses
command the forces of chaos.
every day,
the sun falls willingly from the sky
to extinguish himself in the
irresistible sea.
big daddy, we understand &
we dig.