Odysseus

“Come, my friends,

’Tis not too late to seek a newer world.

Push off, and sitting well in order smite

The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds

To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths

Of all the western stars, until I die.”

From ‘Ulysses,’ by Tennyson

1.      One day I was walking by the sea

2.      When a wave came and took me away

3.      I found myself floating in space

4.      On board a ghost ship in a starry sky

5.      With an invisible crew of comrades

6.      We wished for a journey full of adventure

7.      Passing the straights of Scylla and Charybdis

8.      Facing the Laistrygonians and the Cyclops

9.      Confronting angry Poseidon on our way

10.  We listened to the song of the Sirens

11.  Feasting on the cattle of the Sun

12.  Falling in love with Goddesses and Mermaids

13.  Witches transformed us into swine

14.  We forgot everything in the land of the Lotus Eaters

15.  Losing any memory of the journey back.

9/6/2012

Image: The Siren Vase

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