Ransom Flashcards
(51 cards)
Priam, the price
Priam, the price paid
When he is not fighting
When he is not fighting, earth is his element
He is obliged,
He is obliged, in his role of king
Everything was just itself.
Everything was just itself. That was what seemed new
The true Achilles,
The true Achilles, the one he has come all this way to find
I am still here, but
I am still here but the I is different
A stealer of other men’s tales,
A stealer of other men’s tales, of other men’s lives
He had grieved.
He had grieved. But silently
This man who
This man who was half himself
Himself like a dead man.
Himself like a dead man. Feeling nothing.
He had… wept without
He had… wept without restraint
You expect this jackal… this
You expect this jackal… this wolf
We are mortals, not
We are mortals, not gods
To be the son to the great Achilles is a
To be the son to the great Achilles is a burden
Neoptolemus has been
Neoptolemus has been growing up without him
Still he
Still he felt nothing
Their only explanation
Their only explanation is that he is mad
a burnt
a burnt out shell
outwardly
outwardly respectful
from now on your name
from now on your name is Ideaus
on obedient
on obedient toddler
they found the royal feet
they found the royal feet every bit as disappointing… as the drivers
he was symbolically
he was symbolically at the centre
I appeal to you as
I appeal to you as a father
