One morning, Zeus sat on his mountain throne
\nand pondered what would happen if men quit
\ncoming to the oracle, if they stopped
\nfearing what they’d become if gods’ wrath came.
\nHe paused as they talked less with him alone
\nand more with one another as they’d sit
\nin fields grown thick with plenty. His tears dropped
\nlike stones and winter snow, much to his shame.
\n“But haven’t I brought everything you craved,”
\nhis voice, like thunder, rolled across the land,
\n“and given it to you!? \u00a0Where are you now?
\nI should have kept you mute! \u00a0Kept you enslaved!”
\nA fat man in his field held up his hand,
\n“Is that a storm I hear? I’ll rest the plough.”<\/p>\n
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