Zeus

Good evening and sorry I’m late, dear monk I want you to pray to Zeus for me….. Because you have more blessed tongue And I want you to give these humble….. Sacrifices to our god, Zeus I thought I could give them myself…. But I actually haven’t been very pious! For I have committed many sins, but still want to pray And he may forgive me; I’m only a human of clay Driven by passion, greed and whim But I want to repent, so please ask him The monk: go on, son I want him to forgive me for cheating on my wife And for lying to her (almost) my entire life! That I have an affair with my neighbor And spend time with her that I don’t go to labor Please ask him to make me rich And to grant me a big land Full of slaves and animals which (With his blessing) can be a tropical island! Please ask him to heal my sick mother….. Because she is very ill And if she dies please ask him…. Not to send her to hell Because she raised me up and took care of me That I eventually turned out this way, you see! Tell him how much we want kids That we already made for them beds Tell the mighty Zeus how big the joy I’ll have if it is a girl (but especially a boy!) Pray to him to accept my humble sacrifices And to increase my virtues and decrease my vices Pray to him to make my prayers come true And to save us in this life and help us through Thank you, dear monk, now I shall leave you Because you’re always busy and have a lot to do The monk: I shall take these sacrifices….. It takes a lot of effort to pray! Then they wouldn’t be of much use to “Zeus” anyway But oh! I forgot the man’s prayers….. I should have made a list But it’s okay, please mighty Zeus forgive him And ……. ……..……whatever was the rest!