Circe’s warnings about the dangers men face
reverberates through the ages
It’s not smart to turn a deaf ear
Young sailors plug their ears with i-devices
no wax necessary to void the call of sirens
Odysseus grown old needs no binding to the mast
Even Lady Gaga’s thighs spread wide
her leg hiked over the backs
of cane-bottom chairs her mound
of venus barely concealed
silver and gold bangle
hiding almost nothing
distracts not at all
from mundane considerations
except except except the now
sails on and on and on
toward Polyphemus
in disguise as Ricky Martin
ask Nausicaae
what’s in it for her