SIDE 1

Hurry up, the sign is so clear anybody can see it. All right, see you later. G'day, mate!

(#22  HERMES begins. HERMES enters.)

Clio!

Uh! Oh it is you! Hermes, the fleet-footed messenger of the gods. What brings you to me, Hermes?

Clio, I bring you a message from Zeus.

Yes, Hermes.

He wishes to know if you have seen his sign?

Yes, yes. I have seen the sign, Hermes.

He also wishes to remind you that the penalty for creating art on one s own is eternal damnation in the netherworld.

I am aware of that; you may tell Zeus.

And thirdly, he wishes you to know that the penalty for loving a mortal is eternal damnation in the netherworld.

Hermes, why does Zeus tell me these things? I love no one; I have created nothing! I am an ageless and loveless, uncreative being. Why does Zeus accuse me so? Why Hermes, why?

Girlfriend, I don t know your life.

(HERMES exits with attitude)