OLYMPUS
Now, high up in the mountains
gods laugh above the clouds
where streaks witness
man's ambition
stones slung, weighing
weighing the pros and cons
struck by a fly swatter
metal plunges into the sea
now, high up in the mountains
gods laugh above the clouds
Hercules is summoned to hell
the fanfare plays nevermore.
© Bart FM Droog, 1997/2001
© translation
Willem Groenewegen, 1997/2001