2026 - a space/time odyssey

Homer’s back in style

and not the yellow one

from Springfield

there’s no nuclear reactor

merely

glossy Hollywood

i-max factor

but not so sexy-rexy

not so ruthless cunning

leave that cold stuff to the Swedes

DiCaprio

the Irish

the Ruskies please

bookshops bulge with

odysseys

of every shape and size

...with tales of brave Ulysses

how his naked ears were tortured...

new readers unprepared

for this poetic rocky ride

as Penelope stitches and unstitches

for more than just six minutes

and Circe’s busy with bewitching

switching

warriors to swine

tale as old as Kirk and Brando

is back amongst best sellers

Scylla and Charybdis

having one more dizzy moment

(hang on! Disney’s on the line

Dench and Gaga for the voices?

that could definitely fly)

hark

the ghostly siren sounds

another serve of lotus?

hold the sauce

if you don’t mind

gosh is that the time

go lash me to the mast

insert my ipods

juiced with spotify

the past is back

to entertain

the rhapsodes

strophe in the wings

hot to trot

to sing a song

recite a poem

to bring

our Oscar

home at last.

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