Career Moves of the Gods
by Steven Utley
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The Gods in Their Decrepitude Minerva, Ishtar, Thoth, and Thor,with the other deities of yore, stripped of their divine immunities, languish in old-folks communities — all except for Quetzalcoatl, who sleeps in alleys, and hugs a bottle. |
Hera Hera, don’t you thinkyou’re overreacting just a bit? Ask yourself: do you really want him back after all this? And: what kind of girls sleep with a bull, or a swan, or a shower of gold? | |
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My Own Daily Prayer Lord, please let someoneinvent a device that fries loud car stereos; keep idiots and fanatics out of office and off my doorstep, or give me the strength of character not to kill them if our paths cross; and please keep me off the evening news, but if this is the final day of my life, Lord, don’t permit my death to be such as provokes mirth. | ||
Career Moves of the Gods (Anamnesis Press, 2000)
Copyright © 2007 by Steven Utley
