Zeus Watches

a poem is committed to memory, as it

scales Mt. Olympus.

gradually disjunctive, abstracting enough

to become lost in the mind of Zeus--a

jealous Zeus.

as its Muse wails for what the poem forgets,

whose balance lie in the height she's composed of.

Zeus knows of this, Zeus watches this.

reciting the poem that committed itself to memory,

in the ears of its Muse, while mock-dancing her.

as the poem is guided by Poet & Muse--to

remember forgetfulness, integral to what pulls it

upward without thought.

scaling an entirety as an entirety, the poem comes to.

Zeus turns a cheek to this, the poem in memory of

the Poet manifests him--at the height of Mt. Olympus.

a lightning bolt leaves Zeus' hand, as Poet & Muse undress.