/// Sirens’ songs seduced sailors with voices
so compelling, the men made rash choices.
They were drawn to the sound
‘til their ships ran aground.
Wrecked and drowned while the Siren rejoices.
/// But Ulysses had fearlessness vast.
He said, “Men, lash me fast to the mast!”
Sailors, ears stopped with wax,
(safe from aural attacks),
were prepared, the sharp rocks, to row past.
/// Still, Ulysses went mad when he heard
Sirens singing. (Some said they’re part bird.)
Men were told to ignore
his pleas: “Row toward the shore!!”
This is how, Homer said, it occurred.
/// But this painting has altered the tale.
Naked beauties with flesh smooth and pale
climb aboard the Greek boat,
barely keeping afloat,
Oars are blocked, but the ship has a sail.
/// Mermaid tails morph into naked thighs.
Their appearances? Lush tempting lies.
Would Ulysses survive?
His men not “take a dive”?
Only if the wax sealed shut their eyes.
/// Sirens’ songs seduced sailors with voices
so compelling, the men made rash choices.
They were drawn to the sound
‘til their ships ran aground.
Wrecked and drowned while the Siren rejoices.
/// But Ulysses had fearlessness vast.
He said, “Men, lash me fast to the mast!”
Sailors, ears stopped with wax,
(safe from aural attacks),
were prepared, the sharp rocks, to row past.
/// Still, Ulysses went mad when he heard
Sirens singing. (Some said they’re part bird.)
Men were told to ignore
his pleas: “Row toward the shore!!”
This is how, Homer said, it occurred.
/// But this painting has altered the tale.
Naked beauties with flesh smooth and pale
climb aboard the Greek boat,
barely keeping afloat,
Oars are blocked, but the ship has a sail.
/// Mermaid tails morph into naked thighs.
Their appearances? Lush tempting lies.
Would Ulysses survive?
His men not “take a dive”?
Only if the wax sealed shut their eyes.