The Parlor of Prometheus - Part Two -
I kept up with the questions as Lucifer stared into a vacancy
which the echo of a star explosion could disappear into,
but I constantly felt Him paying attention to me despite the hallway of History,
do you really buy souls,
as though I failed at something He said, " No, not at all,
I tempt souls to continue returning to my home;
I provide an oasis for those grown melancholic with endless peace & pleasure,"
what do you mean, " I give adventure to the ambitious,
I create chance for those despairing,
I sautee love for the starving lost,"
so you're a steward of sorts,
" Lets say I'm an undying inspiration,"
the Devil asked me, " What is it that you do for a living?",
I said, " I'm a cook",
" Ah " He said, " You're a chef;
my favorite type of food is Italian, so balanced.
Are you happy with your job?"
" I live by the understabding that our jobs do not define who we are,
we just determine the results of our jobs."
Satan responded, " My job is to keep souls coming back,
to maintain a tastey and affordable resturaunt. According to your terms then,
that responsibility doesn't determine who I am though."
" So who are you then?"
" I am living truth,
I'm magic in a volatile existence."
He asked again, " Are you happy,"
" Yes",
"Why " He said,
" Because I like who I am."
with a mellow confidence Lucifer replied,
" I am happy for the same reason, I like who I am."
We took breaths,
a nice attribute of Satan is that He is not tempermental,
it seemed as though nothing I asked would anger the man,
His presence has the gentle but massive power of a glacier,
" Your critics claim that you use people, or possess them,
is this true?"
" I motivate others so that they use their abilities for the most sensational ends,
I helped Julius Caeser become Imperator,
but I can't take full control over a person's spirit,
however I am capable of entering a mortal's mind
and influencing behavior,
I can be a music that delivers a certain rythem to the heart."
before I could forget I had asked what He was doing during
the rise of the Roman Empire,
" What wasn't I doing back then.
Around that era I invested a ton of energy in North America
fomenting war between two major Indian tribes,
one of which became the Iriqoui & the other simply disintegrated into many;
I was attempting to expedite that regions war instrument technologies,
came away with the long bow but not much more. "
J.A.B.
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