from (C)OVID'S METAMORPHOSIS, Book the Fourth




The Transformation of Ino and Melicerta to Sea-Gods

No being but
being grief briefly.  
No lawyers

or courtiers
except those eaten
by grizzlies. 

No dart
to the heart
unless

leakage: 
sweet ambrosia, 
prepared 

from dried beans.
The funky letters
go missing

with the Paw Patrol
who come to the rescue
but are repelled 

by a mob of libertarians 
with gangrene & Gadsden Flag
thong underwear.

The Transformation of the Theban Matrons

Disorder thwarted:
lumbar support ordered 
despite delays in shipping.

Stiffness reallocated.  No point
in petrification.  If I tried
to mortify, I’d  mollify 

by accident.  Pardu 
& Elfstar sitting in a tree
talking about euthanasia,

Eventually you must eat
the head of the lamb
before the watchful,

jaundiced eyes 
of the cereal tiger.

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