A MYTHOPOEIC CAREGIVE PAEAN*
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Hail Paean, Asclepius, most famous divinity, hail Paean
From him descend Aceso and Iaso, hail Paean - and fair-eyed Aegle and Panacea, children of Epione, along with shining Hygieia, the all-famous - hail Sophia, hail Thanatos - hail Paean, Asclepius, most famous divinity, hail Paean
To the divinities of curing, healing, the radiance of the all-cure, and to the sweetness and shining of health - and to the mother wisdom and to the inescapable final rest - hail Paean
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Utilizing readily available and simple personal and intimate objects found at home, like purple medical gloves, wilted flowers from a dried-up bouquet, a plastic doll, and a religious effigy bottle; and reworking them thus as resonant and visual sacred poetry and hymns; and fragile votive offerings; to the Asclepius family of Greco-Roman gods and goddesses; divine healers and carers who could be both compassionate and entropic in their ways.
*a reworking of the Erythraean Paean to Asclepius c. 380-360 B.C.E.