Philemon and Baucis, a poor and generous couple, welcomed two weary travelers into their house, giving them what little food and drink they had. The grateful travelers revealed themselves to be Zeus and Hermes in disguise. The two gods transformed Philemon and Baucis’s house into a mansion and granted them a pitcher with an endless supply of drink–wine in Ovid’s account and milk in more modern retellings.
Philemon and Baucis asked the gods for one more blessing: to grow old and die together. After death, the loving couple was transformed into oak and linden trees, their branches forever intertwined.
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Roads run into marshes,
roofs like little islands,
climb up to dry your feet.
I remember their love,
like solid ground.
Marble ceiling scorched by smoke,
stairs like rope and empty rooms,
packed up like provisions.
I remember their love,
was stacked like wood.
Blurry photos, fruit laid out,
Incense sticks in holders,
inchworm ash crept along.
I remember their love,
caught and released.
Under an over grown and linden tree,
was a bench grey and weather worn.
Two places that were smooth,
from the act of two sitting forever.
Milk like nectar flowing fast,
bottles like a honeycomb,
delivered bright and early.
I remember their love,
never ran dry.
Oak and Linden intertwined,
casting shade like fishing line,
to shelter passerby.
He has a Bachelor in Music Composition from DePaul University and a Masters in Music Composition from Northwestern
University. Jim Gailloreto is the artistic director of the non-profit Jazz Artists Resource
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