The Titan Prometheus was told to create man
Shape them, then give them gifts, that was the plan
But while Prometheus was shaping humans with clay
His brother, Epimetheus, gave all the good gifts away
Animals could do many things better, like hear, see, and smell
In fact, there weren't many things that they couldn't do well
They were fast, had more endurance, and were fierce in fights
Their fur coats kept them warm wile men shivered on cold nights
Prometheus felt sorry for mankind, and went to Zeus to inquire,
"Could mortal men please have some of the gods' fire?"
But Zeus said no, fire was for the gods alone
Prometheus left him sitting haughtily on his throne
So the Titan had no choice but to steal some of the gods' sacred flame
The mortals watched in awe as down from Olympus he came
He taught them about fire – like how if you touched it, it bit back
No longer did men shiver, and beasts didn't dare attack
When Zeus saw the flames flickering on earth, he was enraged
He flew around Olympus on a wild rampage
But he calmed when he smelled the offerings mortals had burned
Though Prometheus didn't like that men had to give up what was so hard earned
So he had Zeus come down and pick a pile of meat
One was bad covered in good; the other was covered in bad but good to eat
Zeus picked the one that looked good to be offered to him
When he found out he had been tricked, things for Prometheus looked pretty grim
He had given mortals fire, and taught them to cheat the gods to
Zeus decided he had to be punished, and a plan began to brew
Prometheus was chained to the Caucasus Mountains, doomed to be eternally chained to the rocks
To punish the mortals, Zeus sent them Pandora and Pandora's Box.