People Poems · PHOTO-0600

to a young man & his boulder - for Isaiah

2025-09-04 · Herbin Living

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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 ——