upon the coast of nausikaa

boys and their ball games

odysseus and his men
bored again in another doldrum
even coleridge would envy
suddenly spied upon
a white coast of laundry
hung out to dry
like a long flag of surrender
and it is there where his men
paddled, surfing to shore
where nausikaa the beautiful
laundry keeper and wife of tele
and their son perseptolis
happily lived

athena at it again,
with a small family reunion
odysseus, grandfather
of persept, and happy to be on shore
with his family broke out into
a game of wiffle ball

odysseus, a little old,
could still manage a swirly curve ball
but it was no match for his blonde haired grandson,
persept, who smashed the plastic sphere
sending perimedes to the wall of carob

odysseus charmed and smiled
his ancient smile
upon his boys
as they rounded the bases