Blunt Wit

Myth of Iraqos

Double-ya was the son of a highly respected and talented Kennebunkportian artisian, Ay-chya.

He was known for his skill at drinking games, drug-laced tirades, malapropisms and evading military service. His father, Ay-chya, angered the good king Saddos and was eventually imprisoned with his son in the labyrinth of Iraqos. Wherein they wandered about without a goal, without a hope.

Then Ay-chya devised a clever plan. He would strap on wings like an avian predator and fly the confines of that quagmiric maze!

So out they flew. Double-ya’s father warned him not to not fly too high, too near the hot desert sun, or too low, near the insurgent waves of the sea.

Double-ya grinned (ch)impishly and became overwhelmed with the thrill of the power.

He felt invincible as he soared high above the common concerns of those watching from far below. As he flew higher and higher and farther and farther from the prosaic man and woman on the ground, the glue of logic holding his wings together melted. Then, he plunged down, down to his demise.

Leaving the poor citizens of Iraqos a huge mess to clean up …