Theseus, if he did destroy the Minotaur (it’s hard to say, that may have been a myth), Was careful not close the labyrinth. So After kept on looking like Before: Back home in Athens still the elders sent Their quota of kids to Knossos, confident They would find something to die of, and for. Howard Nemerov: “On Getting Out of Vietnam”

Theseus, if he did destroy the Minotaur

(it’s hard to say, that may have been a myth),

Was careful not close the labyrinth.

So After kept on looking like Before:

Back home in Athens still the elders sent

Their quota of kids to Knossos, confident

They would find something to die of, and for.

Howard Nemerov: “On Getting Out of Vietnam”