Sunday, August 18, 2024

Platonic History

 

The Land of Lu, or Mu, was washed away

Embarrassed by an iron-hungry surf.

In gaudy triremes rowed by engineers

The government attempted to re-boot;

But Greenland intervened and Newfoundland

And all the loansharks rising from the sea,

Shaking their cowrie shells, their scuba gear,

Promising retribution had occurred.

Debacle and disaster. Turned away

From Silverado and Leander's Gate,

The governors, their Chicken o' the Sea

Exhausted, floated, while the trade winds spent

Our heritage and blew the whole thing up.


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