BAD HAIR DAY 

byPeter Woodgate 

When Old Homer first put pen to papers

And thrilled us all with those exciting capers.

Who gave him inspiration for those creatures

The Odyssey and other stories teach us?

And when young Perseus slew the evil being

Using his shield as a weapon and for seeing

Holding the ugly head  in safety at arms length

Not looking at the eyes lest he should lose his strength,

 

Did he use the power of the matted writhing hair

To defeat his enemies by foul means or by fair?

And when they quaked in fear what was it that they saw?

What could turn men to stone, was it the Mother-in-Law?

 

Copyright Peter Woodgate