Olympusville
By Ron Koertge
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Ron Koertge
Ron Koertge is the author of many acclaimed novels for young people, including Stoner & Spaz and Shakespeare Bats Cleanup. A two-time winner of the PEN Award, Ron lives in South Pasadena, California, where he is currently the city’s poet laureate.
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Olympusville - Ron Koertge
SISYPHUS
Don’t get me started on the gods. What a bunch of windbags. It’s too wet under the sea. I limp and my wife cheats on me. My husband sees other women. My father devoured me. It never ends. Immortal and unsatisfied. I’m at least interesting. I told Zeus to go to Hell, but he sent me there instead. Did I moan and groan? No—I tricked Death into the chains meant for me. He’s such a dim bulb! And while I had him under lock and key, nobody died. Stasis ruled. I made that happen. I ruled. Me, the poor bastard with the boulder. Symbol of futility. Avatar of office drones with Sisyphus cartoons pinned to the cubicle walls. I pity them because they don’t accept their fate. Much less relish it. Things are so preposterous it’s almost farcical. That there’s a world at all. That gods exist or care. That life isn’t fair. That someone loves you. Every day I climb and every day the boulder descends. As I walk down to begin again, I breathe deeply and look around. I have to laugh. You should hear the damned go on and on about their sins. You should see Persephone prancing around teasing Tantalus, and I even make Narcissus look up from his little mirror. You know what their problem is? Hope. I don’t bother with that. I have my beloved boulder which I lean on as we begin again our journey up. My world is small but