Terrible shepherds

We were terrible Shepherds sweatered up booted shouting we hissed and stomped and laughed and swore and 100 head of sheep turned tail and flocked all the way home without us
The next day we climbed Mount Parnassus and looked for the oracles cave there was a field there dugout like a pit stonewalls for spectators to peer down from
Ground thick with wet grass and dew
you and me lilah we raced on foot heart pounding wind whipping

I forget who won
I forget if there was a Theatre there or where was the Oracle anyway
And did we play backgammon with a cute Greek boy on the mountaintop or did we eat lentils
Is the word for lentils in Greek really fuck yes
And do I remember correctly that you picked at your food and that our host gave us blue beads that had belonged to his wife and we taught him to read his Tarot cards
And did you really read me The Little Prince  every night before we fell asleep
Did we walk up the mountain or walk down
Or did some good shepherd give us a ride home?