I love re-telling ancient myths in modern settings. I've done a couple before and have one in mind to re-tell the story of Eros and Psyche, with Psyche being blind rather than blindfolded. I struggle to think of how to re-set that one though, so I'm turning to a different myth for this hour — the story of Narcissus, who falls in love with his own reflection in a lake.
Tap Dancing
Time slows down at the dripping tap
where a yelow hose lies limply
uncoiled like a snail-trail
leading back to a green shell.
An adolescent
sent to dowse the plants
stands
transfixed
drip
drip
drip
Cheekbones and nose
captive in the graceful reflections
fall
to rest
adoringly,
blinklessly gazing back at the sky
Tap Dancing
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Time slows down at the dripping tap
where a yelow hose lies limply
uncoiled like a snail-trail
leading back to a green shell.
An adolescent
sent to dowse the plants
stands
transfixed
drip
drip
drip
cheekbones and nose
captive in the graceful reflections
fall
to rest
adoringly,
blinklessly gazing back at the sky
Well done; I knew which story before I looked to see what you had labeled at the start! Easy to tell that you liked this prompt.