Penance

When Prometheus was bound, was his punishment fit for his crime?

Instead of his liver being eaten daily, why not chain and tickle him?

As punishment for Sisyphus, replace the boulder with sand

And say “Push a boulder's weight up the hill, in one go”

Hercules can labor at stacking pebbles into pyramids

Instead of slaying hydras and fierce lions

Tantalus can serve food and water at a homeless shelter

Rather than staring forlornly at it

Poor Medusa never deserved snakes, nor a hideous visage

A jester's hat and googly eyes would do