Engage it above all other animals in creation. Carried on the shoulders of the leading citizens. Grown dejected at the aspect of collars and chains. We want to set them free from their heirs. Untimely ears snap as I contemplate the spectacle of a toothy horizon stained black with tar. Lure me; clench me like a compress on the earth's tongue. He fears me so he hides in a cave that he now calls home. He avoids my place and we both live like neighboring monarchs. We are aware that our respective powers cannot overcome one another. So we leave it at that but I keep my look out. That modern man blessed with superstition. Exit light. The plague of Apollo that plunged gold pins into my eyes. Sent me begging for exile. Secrets exposed on mountainsides misunderstanding the Oracle. Ego and fate possessing the sphinx cursing my ancestor's hubris.