spurred on Stone Blind influenced
out the corner of his eye he caught two stones
at the foot of a crumbling driveway tremble
reading as he walked his peripheral
vision wickedlyhoned
he heeledstopped closed the book on his finger
the stones across from each other appeared
once to have been the same stone
their facingfacets
flawless exact
an ant lumbered towards them
they
shivered
he wasnt
seeing thingsimagining
immediately his mind went to Jason and the Argonauts the Symplegades Cyanean
Rocks formerly Planctae when sailing vessels went between them to
enter the Euxine the welcoming Black Sea the rocks crushed the ships and sailors
between them
silently shivered
didnt throw the ant off
their traipsing
and when the ant went between them the stones snapped together crushing the ant like a grape
when they retreatedretracted the ants smashedshared exoskeleton fell
away the hemolymph juice smeared on the stones was absorbed asif
they were sponges
he took a breath
a marveledbreath
his bookmark finger throbbed
he hadnt realised how rigid tense his body had been
fantastic
fantastic
unbelievable
at once he decided hed keep this episode under wraps
if he hadnt witnessed it he wouldnt have
believed it
he opened the book
Zeus’ skull was
cleaved by Hephaestus a smithy his and Heras son which released Athena fully grown fully armored from her maddening confinement
the
myth wasnt any more fantastic than what he witnessed
1508, Saturday,
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1758, Saturday
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