That we forget his ancient role?)
Also was there--he did it for the wages--
When a Cathay-drunk Genoese set sail.
Whenever "longen folk to goon on pilgrimages,"
Kilroy is there;
he tells The Miller's Tale.
At times he seems a paranoiac king
Who stamps his crest on walls and says "My Own!"
But in the end he fades like a lost tune,
Tossed here and there, whom all the breezes sing.
"Kilroy was here"; these words sound wanly gay,
Haughty yet tired with long marching.
He is Orestes--guilty of what crime?--
For whom the Furies still are searching;
When they arrive, they find their prey
(Leaving his name to mock them) went away.
Sometimes he does not flee from them in time:

 Orestes, in greek mythology, is the son of Clytemnestra and king Agamemnon, who ruled Argos. His father met his death by the hands of Aegisthus; Clytemnestra’s lover while Orestes was away. Driven by hate and revenge, Orestes killed his mother Clytemnestra and her lover. 
 
 Orestes was haunted by the Furies because they claimed it was cold blooded matricide. To escape their fury, Orestes escaped and used Appollo’s command to seek refuge out of Argos. Later he was brought back to Athens to solve the case. Thus Orestes was commanded to go to Tauris and bring the statue of Artemis back to Athens. This order dissatisfied the Furies. 
 Kilroy depicts Orestes as both figures are shown as guilty for their crimes; one for betrayal and the other for matricide. For their crimes they are hunted down. In Kilroy’s situation, he is known as a traitor and thus is hunted down by the European Powers who represent the Furies. “For whom the Furies still are searching” means that the powers are still in search of Kilroy as his presence is drawn and claimed everywhere.
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