Olympic         Overture       The floodgates are broken The sentinels have failed Five rings are approaching By some they are hailed As a token Of publicity boost Now the chickens are coming home to roost   The plight was called by royalty To raise their fiefdom's potency The schemers are pining for mining the greed At a fun fair of ignorance For a theater of deceit With a zoo of indifference In a circus of conceit   ---------------------------------------------------   The castle is besieged And seals are breached When the drawbridge is lowered Vandals storm the yard Deals were brokered For the show to start   The curse of the purse has been invited So any knave can now be knighted The liege betrayed the common bequest Forsook the yeomen and tainted the crest Some jockeys of lackeys came into bloom The jester is hunted for mocking the doom   ----------------------------------------------------   Editors deceived the books While covers have retained the looks Also the titles stay the same For trading on their name   Pages were banished Chapters have vanished Words redacted Characters ejected Comments deleted Plots depleted Bereft of foundation Dragging the stories into stultification   ----------------------------------------------------   Strange gardens are ceded in sprees  To estranged garden varieties   Athletic bees Hop around plastic flowers Amidst a mechanical breeze And dehydrated showers    Cactuses' prickles Are styled with sickles Truffles are replaced by self-serving shrooms Some seeds took refuge in panic rooms   ----------------------------------------------------   The captain has stranded the ship with intent His lifeboat is cosy; his rank will ascend Passengers marooned on a narrow plank Have cockily fallen for the uniform's swank   Corporate sharks are circling the waters Charming pirates target the quarters Envenomed islands tempt to sojourn With wellness beaches and unconcern   Unfettered vessels lie in the roads To take the voyage to promising coasts The cruise will continue The quest starts anew For bright meadows Under genuine rainbows They are still there Here Or elsewhere   © 2019 TDI