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From Sisyphus: HEROES

Sisyphus speaking to the stars thinks about his heroes

My heroes do not throw the javelin through space to land beyond the farthest line, nor do they race the country roads in record time, or lead their soldiers over battlefields and bring home bloody heads like cabbages, or do they stand on steps with voices that could wake the dead and promise they can make our pillows soft again. Not them. My heroes are the ones who plant their garlic for the coming year and make their com...