Dedicated to my Brother :*
Ancient world history is full of mythical stories about creatures, beasts and daemons. that for me until this afternoon were just that “myths” .. and boy Was I shocked .. Well .. lets not be to exaggerating here .. but I was more of disgusted if I may .. I always thought it was just that “a fantasy” .. “human imagination”.
No matter where I read , I’d find an ancient legend ; From the siren, the human-headed bird whose call is fatal, to the cannibal cyclops Polyphemus, to the winged horse Pegasus and the Chimera, the fire-snorting lion with a serpent’s tail all Fictional.
Not that these “creatures” did not amuse me or the stories entertain me .. I must say that I’m always captivated by the world of fantasy in a positive way, since most of the time I’m drifted to other nonexistent worlds, where I can practice what I call the possibility of unlimited thoughts with no boundaries and the ease that I can always return to reality, and know that it was just that a "creation of my imagination or someone else’s" with the ease of not being haunted by any of these so called demons in this world..
However, this afternoon and while driving home with mom and my brother .. we came to see a REAL one .. ! Yes, for the first time a real SATYR .. a half-man half-beast that in Greek mythology haunted the woods and mountains, and are an idle and worthless race. Satyrs, these pathetic beings, bear on their foreheads small bony protuberances that in a goat would grow into horns.
And I mean to say specifically a Satyr, because, it was a man most probably in his early 30’s well built and very hairy ( as far as I could see (lol) this Modern with savage characteristics SATYR was driving ( well, sorry, he was DRIVEN by a cab since obviously he didn’t have almost any control over the thing ), he was on our right and turning towards our car which was to the extreme left and in a left turn .. so you can imagine : we either had to go over the sidewalk or beep, and so we did in an attempt to wake him up and maybe suggest HE DRIVES his car without having to cause a disaster in less than 2 seconds ..
The only thing this Satyr could do is bring half of his body (the upper half ) I think the other half was by far not human – by then I had already judged him- and he start spitting and blaspheming at us insulting my brother -behind the wheel driving- and telling him that he would step on his head as well as spitting and cursing my father – who was not even present??
And at that point my GENTLEMAN , my brother just thought me that YES there are CREATURES and there are humans and in most cases communication between them is limited to mostly what they want to say and the willingness to actually deliver or accept the message .. All my brother did, was show "in the classiest manner I have ever seen until today" this Satyr How to be a full man ..
As my brother smiled, slowed down and offered him space to pass in front of us .. NOT one word came out of my admirable brother's mouth expect : "please go ahead pass .. pass .." like he was talking to a camel or a goat crossing the street .. and then just then I knew this "Satyr" was for sure a cross between some kind of homeless father and a desert goat!!! No wonder I was not even angry, the Satyr was just that a combination of the worst of both creatures together .. obviously the best thing to do is let him go ahead and let him act as what he is .. Half of anything if anything at all ..
Good Night ;)
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