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| Irina Vitalievna Karkabi Forgiveness After the conquest of Troy, Demophoön stayed at the Thracian court where Phyllis, the king’s daughter, fell in love with him. They agreed to marry but he had first to return to Attica. He delayed there so long that Phyllis doubted he would ever return and killed herself. The gods turned her into an almond tree which here the penitent Demophoön is embracing, to find the tree suddenly blossoming and Phyllis reappearing to him. |
I don't forgive you!
I have no reason.
You aren't a culprit.
You are a creator.
Making for me a world
of salacious words,
of materialized sighs,
accessible to my
ignorant nature.
I 've been charged with it
-alas-since my birth!
I don't forgive you,
but I'm so grateful ...
Ah! My great demon!
