ADEIMANTOS: ( yawns fast asleep ) this feast feels good . .

strawberry ice creamy . .🍦. . 🍓 . . 🐑

SOKRATES: and( indeed )( to-by-for )in-every-way( it must be ),

( she-he-it-being-binding )( it-he-she-being-need )

( she-he-it eats )( you are eaten )( you will be the eating ),

καὶ πάντῃ ἔδει

ADEIMANTOS: baaa ( uncountedly ) ( and o, ) comfort ( we )-

is( are ) your hand in the dark ( my fantasy

has come alive ) ( in-every-way ) ( if we ) already here

( are feasting upon me ) and this dream ( our thought,

why ) would we ever get out of bed ( ? )

( an ancient question ) ( sprinkles! )

SOKRATES: ( surely )or( why? )( hey! )

( else )( as )( to-by-for )( we- )being( a )clown-fraud( pretentious-

boaster-charlatan-vagabond )( a quack! ),

ADEIMANTOS: ( not at all ) ( we uffy eep ),

SOKRATES: not at all( to-by-for )( none-she )to have a share in( to go-

among )( to allow )( to let-go )( to go-after )

true( unconcealed )philosophy( wisdom-love ) ( ! )

ἢ ἀλαζόνι ὄντι μηδαμῇ μετεῖναι φιλοσοφίας ἀληθινῆς.

ADEIMANTOS: ( ignore him ) and indeed we could

be Nobodys second coming ( his suntanned curves )

( his calloused fingers ) slightly touching mine ( to fluff

my pillowed fears ) if we were sleepy together

( and minding our own business ) ( quiet life )

its on a farm ( dont ask the neighbors ),

MEDEIS: and( indeed )( he )moaning( wailing, moaning,

lamenting, with tears )( me ), o epic-winged-word-songs

( he )was speaking-through( to-by-for )me,

καί μ᾽ ὀλοφυρόμενος ἔπεα πτερόεντα προσηύδα:

ADEIMANTOS: ( mmm . . . )

SOKRATES: for( o saying, gathering, choosing, laying-down ),

( we are )( they-we-are )( he( we )is( being ) )( we say )in this way,

saying( gathering, choosing, laying-down )( in this way )

( the saying, gathering, choosing, laying-down ),

ἦν γὰρ οὕτω λεγόμενον.

ADEIMANTOS: ( gasp! )

HERAKLES: o sprung-from-Zeus son-of-Laertes, poly-

mechanos(of many-devices, arts, resources, crafts, means,

machines)Odysseus,

διογενὲς Λαερτιάδη, πολυμήχαν᾽ Ὀδυσσεῦ,

ADEIMANTOS: ( O poly-ecstasy — )

o Herakles, o Sokrates, o Odysseus, , ,

( o all our kings ) ( we want them all ) ( theyre here )

you whisper sweet secrets in my ear ( its bliss )

( its chocolate hazelnut with burnt caramel drizzle )

( and how many more heroes can we fit )

in the same bed? ( in the same mouth ) hm?

( whisper me the answer . . . ),

SOKRATES: therefore( indeed )( isnt )this one( o one )

exceedingly( vehemently-violently )so,

οὐκοῦν ἓν μὲν τοῦτο σφόδρα οὕτω

ADEIMANTOS: you animal! —

SOKRATES: contrary( to the )opinion( belief )( seeming-they-seemed )

( to-by-for )the now-seemings( opinions-beliefs )around( about )him( self )?

παρὰ δόξαν τοῖς νῦν δοκουμένοις περὶ αὐτοῦ;

ADEIMANTOS: ( so much so, we cant restrain ourself! — )

HERAKLES: ah! miserable( cowardly, craven, sorry, poor,

worthless )man,

ADEIMANTOS: ( o yes, o no, )

HERAKLES: or( indeed )( we are )( he was saying ),

ADEIMANTOS: ( o no, o why, , , )

HERAKLES: and( indeed, are )you leading( guiding )some evil

( bad-ill-ugly )destiny( fate-doom )

( doom )

( doom )

( doom . . . )

ἆ δείλ᾽, ἦ τινὰ καὶ σὺ κακὸν μόρον ἡγηλάζεις,

ADEIMANTOS: ( no roosters crow ) ( all roosters peace )

( a wall of birdsong approaches from the east )

( stretching ) ( waking ) ( oh my ) ( and what a night )

( a dream of some lavish delight, and then )

( a dream ) of something not quite right ( o well ),

a morning thought we filtered out ( o honey-dawn,

o hearing you ) and worry leaves my body in a blink,

( sprinkles? )

SAILORS: and( indeed )very( dyad-under-handed-holdingly ),

καὶ μάλα,

SOKRATES: comfort ( we )is( are ) your hand in the dark

( gently holding mine ) still warm from sleep,

SAILORS: (he)was saying,

ἔφη.

SOKRATES: ( so that ) this morning ( with your hand )

tightly holding mine ( we may ) ( as heroes ) ( wake ),

HERAKLES: which( roundly )( we )i( being )were enduring

( suffering, holding-fast )by( from-under )( the )rays-

beams-sheens( of the )sun,

ὅν περ ἐγὼν ὀχέεσκον ὑπ᾽ αὐγὰς ἠελίοιο.

ADEIMANTOS: ( and o the burn, to know him face-to-face.

and its that hard to put things down today;

these nights spent wrestling legends in my dreams,

the words, the thought, the memes, keep twisting things

and turning round, and running me like trains,

and nobodys word came down ) just to find myself

writing it now ( under pressure of the sun, who said )

as heroes words dont settle for the page.

( maybe thats why ) we try to write

and nothing comes out,

SOKRATES: ( then is it not )therefore —

( o dyad-god )( he binds )( bind, you )( god-needed-bound )

( he needs )( need, you )( the dyad-god )( indeed )must( be ) —

measuredly

( we )will( would )speak-in-defense( speak on behalf )( ? )

ἆρ᾽ οὖν δὴ οὐ μετρίως ἀπολογησόμεθα

ADEIMANTOS: then measuredly we speak ( as nothing ) ( but free )

but fluff ( as clouds of sweetness ) ephemeral stuff

for you to read anyway ( dissolving on my tongue )

until youve had enough ( of melting snow ) of me,

SOKRATES: that he, at least

( who is )actually( we-beingly )( a )learning-lover

( would be )having-by-nature( origin-growth )

( that he )would compete( contend-struggle )

toward( against )the( we- )being,

ὅτι πρὸς τὸ ὂν πεφυκὼς εἴη ἁμιλλᾶσθαι ὅ γε ὄντως φιλομαθής,

ADEIMANTOS: ( that we would say ) to bring it on ( and ) never enough.

( and then we would reply again ) ( pink ) bursts

of cotton candy ( in the shape of men,

of extraordinary lyric virility,

to wrestle you ) before you fall asleep

( to haunt your dreams and drag you back ) ( musically )

( to prove the strength of our reality )

uth flickers

//

from hymn to Apollo

Republic VI

Odyssey XI.613-626

eepy

comfort

head full of fluff