Ovid's antique pen pecks the page
And stops after a mythological stretch
Searching for a title.
A man searches his lost goat
Somewhere under the sweltering desert sun
His whole body dripping by the blisters of his feet
Fuming and breathless.
Somewhere Goethe's sagacious literary eyes
Examine the etchings of Roos.
The man finally finds the doe
Blisters burst and he hugs her
Like a mother
Overcome by sympathy
He wants to become Roos' sheep
While God proclaims to his Angels
The person is ready to become Moses
Ovid writes Metamorphoses.
This is how begins
Art, literature, religion -
This is how animals become humans.
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