epilogue: demeter, running

standing out here in the ruins of history
still contemplating the ultimate mystery
nothing that I can achieve but give thanks
as the river, reality, gnaws at the banks
the balance was tipped generations ago
& all we can do now is go with the flow
Pluto, Poseidon & Zeus with his cunning
all turn & hide when Demeter is running

like all of the monsters under the sea
the beasts of ancient geek mythology
this information wants to be free

fortune has smiled on me, destiny's kind
who'd want to be king in this land of the blind?
I feel just like Ulysses tied to the mast
while the sirens all promise return to the past
& those women who think that no men can resist them
have only succeeded in placating the system
that's no great achievement, & no noble task
& it's already slipping away from their grasp

like all of the monsters under the sea
the beasts of ancient geek mythology
this information wants to be free
& like all of the deities to whom we have prayed
sleeping within us, never to fade
walk with me in this world that we've made