stone of sisyphus

2024/04/20

excerpt from a stream of consciousness writing exercise.
reworked for structure.


king sisyphus tried to fool the gods
and was condemned to an eternity
of doing fuck all

sisyphus' stone weighs more
than a brick through a window
and less than your final cigarette

sisyphus' stone weighs pleasantly
on his muscular shoulders

during his free time when he is tired
sisyphus rolls a stone to unwind

sisyphus' stone is a place
for your advertisement

sisyphus' stone is sponsored
by the company better help

i saw sisyphus yesterday
in the bathroom at the gay bar
but i think he wasn't rolling a stone there

we must imagine sisyphus happy
we must imagine the stone happy

sisyphus' stone does not cry when rolled
sisyphus' stone laughs when squeezed

we must imagine sisyphus happy
we must imagine the stone happy

sisyphus imagines that his stone is happy
sisyphus' stone wept in my arms last night

we must imagine sisyphus happy
we must imagine the stone happy

we must imagine the first cigarette
that we smoked together

we must imagine the last cigarette
that we will smoke together

we must imagine sisyphus happy
we must imagine the stone happy

we must imagine sisyphus happy
we must imagine the stone happy

we must imagine sisyphus happy
we must imagine the stone happy

we must imagine sisyphus happy
we must imagine the stone happy

sisyphus' stone stopped smoking yesterday
and today is going out with me for a smoke