Why Fuck with Myths and Legends?
Why fuck with myths and legends? Why not let
Them be? Why try to modernize the Flood
Or Cain’;s red fratricide, Pandora’s threat?
The likelihood is that we’ll get more mud
Than blood, attenuated menace, and
Some other watered down effects. Clark Kent
Can’t match the power of Jesus’ gushing hand.
Compete with Oedipus whose head is bent
Down over gore that slobbers from his eyes,
Or Samson’s muscles straining and then smashed?
What fiddled plots or twists can bring surprise?
It’s hard to outdo blind eyes coldly mashed.
..Whatever we do now will be duller
…. In spite of 3D and Technicolor™.