who was bullied and in a dilemma 'cause
he missed his lost dad
and his mom made him mad
and he almost got killed by Eurymachus.
swooped down from the sky -- you'd have seen her
as some kind of bird ¬–
when she gave the word,
men's yearning for fighting got keener.
was invaded by someone called no-one,
who gave him some wine
and then made him blind
so he called to his father, Poseidon.
and was sleeping up high in a bunk;
he fell out of bed,
went smack on his head,
and his hopes to get home went kerplunk.
the rich guy, who'd gone for a doss.
They ate up the cattle,
which shortly proved fatal,
and all of their short lives were lost.
though enslaved, she was lively and vocal.
Eurymachus banged her;
Telemachus hanged her.
If slave girls aren't tamed, they'll be broken.
for hunting, who held his head high.
But for twenty long years
his man disappeared.
When he showed up again, the dog died.
Much less of it happens at sea
Than book jackets might make you believe.
It’s mostly on land
With a lot in the sand
And the sex scene occurs in a tree.
He washed up on shore in the nude.
His excitement revealed he's a dude.
The laundry stayed dirty
'Cause the dude was too flirty
And the princess not much of a prude.