miércoles, 30 de mayo de 2012

Myths have changed

Minotaurs were processed as any other livestock. Labyrinths were turned into night clubs. Myths ended up as meat packages and dance floors.
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Mermaids were caught and kept in aquariums; they jump through hoops along dolphins. Their laments go unheard: screeching crowds are louder.
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Scylla and Charybdis were hired in México. The former still devours human bodies. The latter hypnotizes the survivors with lies and TV shows.
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Pegasuses are kept instead of mules; they carry heavier loads. Their feathers are taken to make pillows and costumes for posh celebrities.
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Poseidon works in an oil platform. Wages are terrible and work shifts extenuating. He is a modern slave and is always blamed for oil spills.
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Venus set up an online dating company. She is well learned in love algorithms and PayPal. Rumour has it she does not trusts Cupid anymore.
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Cupid is now doing great despite the rumors. Without the old restrictions he can be more creative. There is no such a thing as a bad shot.
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Athena is very busy. She is a restless world traveler: so many wars everywhere! But nobody worships her.She is just a sad deluded spectator.
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Medusa is still around. Sometimes you can see her image briefly behind a TV screen or a new idea. She is made out of terror: be afraid.
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Odysseus is one of the 10 most wanted fugitives.He is familiar with illegal border crossing and has been linked to the recent flu pandemics.

Minotaur menace. Imagen de oleo de lyonart tomada de Wikimedia Commons.
 Series originally posted in 10 tweets @minafiction. It will keep growing.
Serie originalmente publicada en 10 tuits @minafiction. Seguirá creciendo.

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