Starbucked
by Rodney Wood
[ poetry - november 08 ]
Next to Penelope Cruz, ordering an espresso
peaked with the bleakness of foam, is Freya
the Norse goddess of love and fertility.
She looks well even if her chiselled features
are not a patch on those of Venus.
You should go over and ask her
where have all the old gods gone?
What's happened to Odin, Thor
and all the Giants?
But no. You'll ignore her when you leave.
Continue shopping for flowers
and chocolates for your girlfriend.
You'll get home in time for the News
and find outside your front door
a couple of actors talking about end times
and how it's their destiny
to die in the final battle
between order and chaos.
3 April 2007
