that will destroy him.

How I got to be so unyielding is a mystery
even to myself. I could never have imagined this.
There was no precedent for what I did.
I'm not sure if it was out of love for my brother
or to stop his incessant whining
or simply to see if I could meet the challenge.
I should have known it would be seen as Hubris,
one of the unforgivable sins,
which never goes unpunished by that Olympian crew.
It's all right for them to flout the laws
but anyone who dares to act like them is doomed.

I am a patient man
with a gift for endurance —
30, 1000, 3000 years
are all the same to me
and in time I'll be released . . .
a Man of skill and courage
will slay the vulture
with a single bowshot,
and a four-legged immortal
with a tormenting wound
will take my place.
But in the meantime
I will have forgiven Zeus
and made him a gift