LOKI
By arthur_chappell_
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LOKI
A mischievous prank played out by Loki
Left the Norse God Odin blind in one eye.
Screaming in great pain and maddened with rage
Odin went on a terrible rampage
Catching Loki who begged not to die.
Asked why he should live he couldn't say why
But Odin cast the fool into exile
On a barren inhospitable isle
Of total quagmire, swamp, bog-marsh and mud
Surrounded by seven deep seas of blood.
The god grew angry in isolation
Degradation and humiliation
But Loki had an escape route all planned.
His allies came and went between his land
And ours, where they look for children's toe nails
Quite often a child cuts them but then fails
To pick them back up off the bathroom floor.
Loki only needs a few thousand more
Nails to use in building himself a boat.
There's no wood on mud island. Toe-nails float
Just as well, and Loki plans to set course
Around the world, building up his armed force.
Once he's done that, the fool will lead an attack
Against Odin's armies at Ragnorak
Where Mjolnir, Hammer of Thor, Thunder
God will strike down hard cracking asunder
The bridge between Valhalla and our realm
As Loki manages to overwhelm
Odin's armies, causing Armageddon
I hope that teaches you a lesson, Son.
Thanks to you, that boat is almost complete.
He made the hull and bow from nails off feet
And now he only needs a Mizzen Mast.
The end of our two worlds approaches fast,
Faster still if your own toe-nails help him
So do please be careful next time you trim
Them in future or Loki may yet win
If you don't throw the trimmings in the bin. .
Arthur Chappell.
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