People Poems · PHOTO-0600
to a young man & his boulder - for Isaiah








Transcription
TUL LLIUULLU UHURU OLOCOLOLOCICOUOLILOCOUOCOLOLOLOUOLOLOCPLECELECECICTO OSU OUOCNLOLOUOLSLOLOLOLOCOUACOUSLSUSLSLELI LAKES OSLO.
to a young man & his boulder f :
by chris the poet ji
there is an old myth
about a man who ~
displeased
his gods
he cheated
stole secr
from the gr
amongst them
thus, he was punished
thus was he sentenced
to roll a boulder
up a hill
by the sweat of his brow
to watch the boulder
from the top of the hill
roll back down
to roll a boulder
up a hill
to watch. the boulder
roll back down
again & again
forever
does this feel familiar?
or perhaps you've heard
it all
before
two creatures with
everything provided for
wager for more
they steal from their God
they lie to their God
to be like their God
to know what. their God
thus, they were punished
thus were they sentenced
to suffer
to labor
to become dirt & dust
& to know
two tales
endlessly interpreted
py endless folk
by some, as history
by others, as warnings
there is power
in knowing
but ask any father
there is no power
no eye | ‘
ighte
pas : of power, knowing,
of their burden
of being a man
much has been said
mouthed as of late
by a man in my presence
thoys do what they can,
men do what they wat
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