KUKNEION( OF A SWAN ):
( its the passion ) { we shiver }
( for what feels like eternity )

MEDEIS:
so then( - and - there )( shes - she - nom )producing - sound
( o speaking - loud - and - clear )( giving - utterance )( affirming )
( testifying )( calling-by-name )( commanding )( crying - to )

( to - for - by )( hes and its )( producing - sound )

( she )flogged - smote - whip - scourged earth( chthon )
( to - by - for )( her )thick - stout - massive hand;

(340) ὣς ἄρα φωνήσασ᾽ ἵμασε χθόνα χειρὶ παχείῃ:

( . . . )

meanwhile, a list of ancient greek grammatical cases :

NOM ( ὀνομαστική ) ( onomastike ) ( nominative ) ( subject
of a verb ) ( the actor or doer ) ( named after naming ) 

GEN ( γενική ) ( genike ) ( genitive ) ( belonging, posession,
close association ) ( origin, source, relationship ) ( the case
of generation )

DAT ( δοτική ) ( dotike ) ( dative ) ( indirect object or recipient
of a verb ) ( means and end ) ( the to - by - for ) ( the gift-
giving case )

ACC ( αἰτιατική ) ( aitiatike ) ( accusative ) ( direct object or
destination of a verb ) ( the patient or recipient ) ( the accused )
( of responsibility ? ) ( of effect or cause ? ) 

VOC ( κλητική ) ( vocative ) ( direct address ) ( whos or whats
spoken to ) ( O you - know - whoever )

( . . . )

KUKNEION( OF A SWAN ):
( some time later ) ( coming - to
in my bed ) ( regaining speech )

( sleeping around for a cozy time )
( a spanking sent from the divine )

( a prompting waterfalls of thought -
full - shudders passing - all - through - out
so many mes ) ( cant - count - its )

( so much for me still left to get - through )
( so much of me still left to be gone - through )
( and a lot of words to translate ! )

( would it get pregnant from this ? )

( would my white - feathered wings
match my slight - red riding hood ? )

( would it include a recipe for lentil
soup ? ) ( or better, barley - cake ? )

( having made myself hungry again )

{ then roll over and find you there }
( its beta man ) ( not like my dream )
( how not to show disappointment )

hello, do you not fuck ?

BETA MAN:
( not )( therefore )very well( yes )
( we )re going to go( to walk )( to march )( by sail )
yuppers( must be thenanythings )

for what( ? )theyve( we )established
( the man - nom )having-and-holding
( they were heaping up some dirt )
in( here, there, thither, hither )this,

since( thisses )( youre the dyad-word-song, this - o -
-dyad - binding )( toi )( must be )then

these( nanys )( to - by - for )the( she )city
( it haunts )( it goes about )( range it over, you )
( it )seems( you seem )( they seem )( these things )
( to - by - for )( a kind of )( man )( meteor ) ?

οὐκοῦν βαδιοῦμαι δῆτα. τί γὰρ ἕστηκ᾽ ἔχων
ἐνταῦθ᾽, ἐπειδὴ ταῦτα τῇ πόλει δοκεῖ;

KUKNEION( OF A SWAN ):
( range over what ) ( theres no it there )
( no meteor ) ( or any it else )
( so turned off ) ( flummoxed ) ( confused )
( and turning on the lamp ) O Sokrates,

( may we use your expertise in the erotic )

whats with this him ? and whats with
( noticing another one ) ( seated - in
the corner ) that other him ?
what kind of dyad are they ?
why dont they get it on ?

SOKRATES:
( they )have-and-hold
( to - by - for )( hims and its )
( having-and-holding )

even( indeed )nothing( not even one it - thing )
to say( gather )( count )( tell )( to mean )
( nothing )( not even one it - thing )

but still( o other it - things )( o other he )
( o other shes )( to - by - for )( the other she )
( to - by - for )( hims and its )( not - perceiving )
( they are )ignorant( but still they dont know ),

ἔχουσι μὲν οὐδὲν εἰπεῖν ἀλλ᾽ ἀγνοοῦσιν,

KUKNEION( OF A SWAN ):
how to read or write ( inhabiting ) the word.
maybe its due to inexperience,
like not knowing a word they just dont know,

as someone may not know { l ä m p i m ä n ä }
( having - holding in a way of warmth ? )

( spending a morning over coffee with
the essive case ) ( like energeia ? )

( in a way that turns it on )
( in a way that turns us on )
( in a way that gives us life )

or maybe they dont believe in poetry.
or maybe they dont believe in us.
and not perceiving the way its we,

ALPHA MAN:
and( indeed )whither will( it )( you )go
you( nom - single )( if )not putting down( offering as prize )
( putting down as payment )( as paid )( as performed )
the( she - accused )property( substance )( being )
( immutable reality )( essence )( true nature )( ousia ) ?

(855) καὶ ποῖ βαδιεῖ σὺ μὴ καταθεὶς τὴν οὐσίαν;

KUKNEION( OF A SWAN ):
but still whither havent these been carried,
substance - less ?

OUTIS:
but still( o other it - things )( o other he )
( o other shes )( to - by - for )( the other she )
( otherwise )that( man - nom )wards( it )off
( keep it in, curb, restrain it, hold it in check, you! ),

ἀλλ᾽ ἀπὸ κεῖνος ἔρυκε,

KUKNEION( OF A SWAN ):
he greets me like a meat market ( no wonder
that theres no waking up with alpha man )
so its easy to keep my hands off him.

but we cant sleep with beta man either
because ( to press my body against ) him
would be like pressing myself in -

BETA MAN:
to( upon )( into the presence of )
( at the door of )( against )dinner( a meal )( neuter ),

ἐπὶ δεῖπνον.

KUKNEION( OF A SWAN ):
at least he admits it. but of course in all
of this my body - brain craves the back - and - forth.
lately its been organic free - range strange,

SOKRATES:
but in order that( they )not seem
( expect )( think )( suppose )( imagine )
( opine )( determine )( resolve )( pretend )
to be in aporia( at an impasse )( without-
resource )( in way - less - ness ),

ἵνα δὲ μὴ δοκῶσιν ἀπορεῖν,

KUKNEION( OF A SWAN ):
we offer these which slightly demonstrate
a kind of therapy for aporia,

{ p e h m e ä n ä } ( as holding - soft ) ( smooth - )
( mellow - ) ( tender - ) ( gentle - ) ( - holding )
( is it like ) ( e n s p o u d e c h o r e i a ) ( ? )

so ( there - and - then ) theyd never need to look
up in the lexicon for its way through,

ALPHA MAN:
not yup( this-musties ),

at least if( lo ! )( we are, they are, we say )( <.< )
( to - by - for )those( women )

( man - nom )mind( reason - intellect - thought )
would( we - being )in( would send - into - those women ),

at least until( you )carry off( exhale )( - away -
and - back - again ),

οὐ δῆτ᾽, ἤν γ᾽ ἐκείναις νοῦς ἐνῇ,
πρίν γ᾽ ἂν ἀπενέγκῃς.

KUKNEION( OF A SWAN ):
but ( there - and - then ) its phallogocentrism.
so { we sigh } . . .

MEDEIS:
but( there - and - then )life - carrying Earth
( Gaia )was put - in - motion,

κινήθη δ᾽ ἄρα Γαῖα φερέσβιος:

GAIA: ( . . . exhaling ) ( carrying - off - away, , , ʚϊɞ
and - back - again . . . )

KUKNEION( OF A SWAN ):
. . . making way for Gaia.

GAIA:
me.

KUKNEION( OF A SWAN ):
we ?

GAIA:
yes, me.

//

from hymn to Apollo
Apologia
Odyssey XIV
Ekklesiazusai

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