2 March 2003 | Vol. 3, No. 1
Orpheus and Eurydice, Entwined
Remember our reunification
along the infernal half of the Styx?
How we read each
other's recent torments, and
our eyes told the same
story—you don't want
to know, don't even ask.
Remember the wedding? When
Charon the best man fumbled
for the ring in his shroud,
and finding it proved even
a skull can express relief?
Remember our one-tongued
whispers a short moment ago? Hell
is the absence of memory, or
is it? Is this even Hell
anymore? If we're unable
to remember then we must repeat
constantly, I love you
every moment the moment
it's forgotten.
About the author:
Nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize during 2002, Tobias Seamon's work has appeared or is forthcoming at such journals as CutBank, Eyeshot, God Particle, In Posse Review, the Mississippi Review, Pedestal Magazine, Snow Monkey, and Unlikely Stories. He lives in Albany, NY, and is a contributing writer for the online broadsheet the Morning News, and co-edits Whalelane, an online journal of the arts. He can be reached at trowsea@yahoo.com.
For further reading:
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