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Do You Hear That?

Almost old,
seems none the wiser.
somewhat dysfunctional,
in ways
I’d rather not discuss.
some hearing loss,
yet I still hear sirens.
sometimes, to my detriment
I listen
not the firetruck,
cop car type.
nope, not ambulance either.
to be clear…
I can hear those as well.
rather like the sensual songstresses
of Greek mythology.

Terrifyingly enchanting monsters,
avian, beauty queen hybrids.
said to seduce horny sailors
alluring them to shipwreck
smack dab on a rocky shoal
that just happens
to border the sexy diva’s island.

Thus stranded the poor sailors
eventually assumed bleached-bone aspect
honestly, I can think of 10,500...no
10,567 worse ways to die
than in the company of a woman
that can sing

Hamlet told his mom,
Act III, Scene IV, and I quote,
no silly that wasn’t it..
he said “at your age
the heyday in the blood is tame, it’s humble,
and waits upon the judgment.”
precisely, when is that supposed to happen?
or perhaps he was referring
to only naive, Danish queens

Who can I trust to stop my ears with wax?
although I seem to have plenty…never mind
which Homeric friend
will lash me to the mast
till the duo’s, some say trio’s, gig is over?
to be frank,
I know no reason to escape their melodies
the sultry strains seed my imagination
flood my neural net with fertilized thought
In mind womb gestated
harvested as poetry on the page
Written by Gahddess_Worship (Osomajestuoso)
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Author's Note
NaPo/GloMo/WriMo 2020 #9
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