Homer's (the blind man's) poetry VI as seen by the waiter

"Iliad I - Iliad II - Iliad III - Iliad IV - Iliad V - Iliad VI - Iliad VII - Iliad IIX - Iliad IX - Iliad X - Iliad XI - Iliad XII - Iliad XIII - Iliad IV - Iliad XV - Iliad XVI - Iliad XVII - Iliad XIIX - Iliad XIX - Iliad XX - Iliad XXI - Iliad XXII - Iliad XXIII - Iliad XXIV"

"Iliad VI"
 

VI

book six  

Hector sees Helen

coming from Paris' room.

He does not say a word,

yet he thinks what he thinks

glancing at her hair which is still in disarray.

Helen speaks openly about her feelings,

telling him what a bitch she had been and still is,

and how much she regrets that her mother did not

take the French-made-morning-after-pill.

She cusses her mother for not having taken

the steps necessary to have an abortion,

for being so unkind to give birth and raise her,

instead of dealing with

the newborn as she should have

by throwing the baby out with the bath-water

into the dark from the tower

and if not such then why not

into the breaking surf below the cliffs

to feed the sea-monsters."

And Helen weeps and cries on Hector's shoulder.  

Yet Helen knows she too is used by the gods.

The same ancient gods who have proven

to be immortal by being always with us,

kept alive in poetry and stories.

Helen knows immortals live forever

as long as we call their names

they shall be, always be in our midst.    
 

 
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"Iliad I - Iliad II - Iliad III - Iliad IV - Iliad V - Iliad VI - Iliad VII - Iliad IIX - Iliad IX - Iliad X - Iliad XI - Iliad XII - Iliad XIII - Iliad IV - Iliad XV - Iliad XVI - Iliad XVII - Iliad XIIX - Iliad XIX - Iliad XX - Iliad XXI - Iliad XXII - Iliad XXIII - Iliad XXIV"