WEDDING GUESTS

WEDDING GUESTS

That's Saint Dunstan's Catholic church down there.
Land your Chariot of fire in the square.
Thanks, Helios, it sure beats the Rolls Royce
That Dad would have hired if he'd had the choice.
You alright Dad? You look a bit shaken.
How much Ambrosia have you taken?
It's alright, Helios, it's vertigo.
Ah, look, there's the old priest. We'd better go
In now. Oh my Gods, Dad, look at me Gran.
She's on't wrong side of church, sat next to Pan.
Is she short sighted? It seems rather odd?
Surely she's noticed he's a goat foot God?
There's Aphrodite, Dad! Don't keep staring!
And there's Hestia, Goddess of sharing,
Hearth and home, and there's my husband to be;
Poseidon, Neptune, the God of the sea.
That sets me thinking I made a mistake
With the honeymoon we're about to take.
Las Vegas isn't a coastal resort
I think perhaps we ought to have just bought
A fortnight break in Cleethorpes or Blackpool ?.
He's risking thunderbolts, the stupid fool.
The priest's been trying hard to convert Zeus
From Pagan beliefs, but it's just no use.
You should see the presents. We got all sorts.
Norman sent us Jason And The Argonauts.
Can't wait to see what Neptune makes of that.
Where on Earth did Medusa get that hat?
Dad, if she takes it off, don't look at it.
I don't want you turning into granite.

They all noticed that Aphrodite cried
When the priest let Neptune kiss the bride.
Ares, God Of War caught the bride's bouquet
As the bride and groom waved and flew away
Just married banner fluttering higher
From the back of a chariot of fire.

Arthur Chappell