Symphony of The Sea-Nymphs

Symphony of The Sea-Nymphs

 

The sea ebbs and flows

Murky;

Not crystalline nor blue!

 

Poseidon emerges out of a phantom

Ship!

Not taciturn today;

He roars

I can smell the rancid brew;

The sea nymphs are brewing

Trouble again in their cauldron

 

On the other side of the tide

His old age nemesis- Neptune;

A melody tunes

Anarchic notes blends

With archaic feuds.

It is a string quartet for

The restless sea nymphs

Gweneth the scarlet haired one

Will sing in high baritones

The rest will sing the chorus and play various instruments.

Neptune directs the orchestra!

 

" In our soot cauldron

We brew a yellow sea;

Murky with rotten fish

Poseidon slewed!”

Gweneth sings.

 

The chorus sings

“In our soot cauldron

We brew rage

As Poseidon rapes and enslaves!

Routinely!

The green blooded beast!”

 

Poseidon is distressed

By the false accusations:

He sniffs the rancid

Air again

Says

I am not guilty

Of any of these charges

Put against me.

It is slanderous

So I will sue

The nefarious beast:

Neptune!

Once I tame

His game!

 

Neptune continues with the tune

Unhearing the omniscient of the

Seas!

Gweneth sings

“Poseidon

Why did you pour black ink

In crystalline sea

Once it was in full symphony

With the tide of the moon

Now it ebbs and flows

Murky and ruinous

To the fish and the nymphs!”

 

The chorus sings

“In our soot cauldron

We brew rage

As Poseidon rapes and enslaves!

routinely!

The green blooded beast!”

 

Poseidon looks shocked and

Incredulous once again!

“It was not me!”

He protests vehemently!

“It was Neptune

Who poured black ink

Into crystalline sea!”

That’s what Zeus told me!

And it was Neptune who sank the

Mighty ships!

Sending storms!

They are nothing but

Phantom today; Titanic and

Others!”

 

With that Poseidon

Looks into the seaweed

Green eyes of Gweneth;

Deep! (The woman he loved

Once!)

They were big like saucers;

Dilated!

 

Then he knew the nymphs were

Duped; drugged!

And fooled

By Neptune!

 

Neptune was now their lord;

The nymphs sang to his tunes!

And his tunes only!

Until they declared an independent state

Of Sea-Nymphs!

The sea ebbed and flowed crystalline again.