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κατάσκοπος

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(Kataskopos--origin: Greek. Noun, masculine. A scout, spy, or watcher)




Sometimes, in my dreams

I beg the Fates to cast me back

into the Old World

where I can race across the deep blue mirror

of the Aegean and

pour my libations in silver nighttime

and feel the stirring of the Gods in

every breath of dark wind and fire.

Send me across the sea towards the burning sand of Troy

or down the dusty road to Marathon, shield

and pack in hand, with air in my lungs--

beneath a sky that's still vast.

Or even into the cold obsidian of Hades,

as long as I can speak to the dead

and write down all of their stories

for later on

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