Literary Zeus Poem by Jay Hall

From Oak Park to Ketchum
his trail of tears wide.
Masterpieces to paper
while storms raged inside.
His fisticuffs were legend
but could not compare.
To the brutal battles waged
in gray matter under hair.
Old Man and the Sea
bout more than a fish.
Layered so deep
his cry for help a wish.
Offspring not godly;
some brought him pain.
One son as Abel;
another as Cain.
But none of this fatal;
not the blows that killed.
Another tragic flaw
was drank more than spilled.
Death came in bottles
consumed daily for life.
And bared one final wreck
upon his fourth wife.
They say gods do not die;
immortal them all.
Reign over time;
forever standing tall.
But this god was felled;
the ending obtuse.
Gin and a shotgun
quieted this Literary Zeus.