Hermes the prankster of the Gods, sired Dionysus
the love child of Zeus and a pregnant Semele,
who died when a wish backfired because
love between a God and a mortal, cannot
safely be; Zeus quickly plucked her unborn fetus
from her dying womb, to stash in his thigh till born,
becoming tired of the extra weight, he then
plucked the child, once again, into the light,
“You intoxicate me, little one,” Zeus laughed and
pronounced, “you shall be the God of wine and good times.” Who better to introduce
wine, merriment and fertility than Zeus, the
God of electricity, a prankster like Hermes, and an insatiable gender-confused child?
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