Of Gods and Machines

Of the device we call “Deus ex machina”
the playwright Euripides made much use.
Though it was right for the other deities
it wasn’t appropriate for good old Zeus.

The machinations that that god made
often involved a great deal of deception,
but that he used mechanical contraptions
it’s far from the truth, it’s a misconception.

He did not employ any one apparatus ;
he simply adopted more cunning devices
like masquerading as a lascivious swan
down from Olympus to indulge his vices.

No nymphs nor girls were safe with him,
he was a rapscallion and an utter disgrace.
Perhaps in his case a multistage rocket
could've been built to send him into space

© Luigi Pagano 2015