Odysseus ...

This hero -

This bearded trickster, lover of a sorceress -

Bringer of death to the noble city -


You stroke your beard -

Speak honeyed words -

You listen, fastened by ropes, to sirens' songs -


Your wife unpicks the tapestry -

Your ship sails across wine dark seas -

Your story is heard even now, under a paler sun -



Friday 17 January 2920

Troy
British Museum