31 maj 2017

aphoristic and rhetorical questions to the third king of uruk

FOUR QUESTIONS TO GILGAMESH

did shamhat ever offer her beautiful body
or did enkidu decide to ravage it forcibly
 with all the power of his animal?

did gilgamesh ever visit the cedar forest
or did humbaba only exist as a figment of phantasmagoria,
 nurtured in the composture of his fears?

did the world ever offer its beautiful wisdom
or did the human being decide to plunder and pillage it
 with all the bruteness of her animal? 

did the human being ever visit the palace of gilgamesh
or did the complex of inferiority put an end to it all
before she even reached the gates of it?

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