Act 3 Scene 3
They’ve Gone to Odessa
A Work in Progress
96
It was cold it was snowing Donal’s fingers kept warm
Holding his guitar and playing
They’ve gone to Odessa
They’ve gone to Ukraine
Don’t know if they’ll ever be back again
Not till we hear of monsters they’ve slain
Briseis went with them misrepresented
in digital traffic as just trivial snippets
nothing potent she’ll slip past their frontiers
into their midst where she’ll reassemble her bits
into a cyber weapon to punish Putin
They’ve gone to Odessa
They’ve gone to Ukraine
Don’t know if they’ll ever be back again
Not till we hear of monsters they’ve slain
H.D. ventured out of her safe space
Fortified by Freud she’s fearless and frank
Fluently forming words to keep freedom in play
Babette stayed back to start planning the sequel
Glenn Hughes to start writing the script
Action hero avatars need back-office people
Aldington was gung-ho he knew about fighting
He’s gone with Catullus behind enemy lines
Looking for honor in the age-old way
They’ll cut the throats of any enemy they find
Before stealing away with Putin’s horses
They’ve gone to Odessa
They’ve gone to Ukraine
Don’t know if they’ll ever be back again
Not till we hear of monsters they’ve slain
END
Dick Russell © Richard M Russell
2025
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