Computer-generated Reverence

Computer-generated Reverence

Achaean gods and monsters have been morphed,

Becoming Hollywood and cartoon hypes.

These pumped up Marvel heroes lately dwarfed

The deities now turned to hollow types

In most kids’ brainscapes.  Disney, Warner Bros,

And animation rule their minds and guts.

These tattooed young ones munch popcorn.  They pose

With rolled up grass and scratch their nuts.

As close as back row guys to movie screens,

That’s just how close to heroism they

Will come, no closer.  They will not meet queens

Who stab their husband’s children.  In cliché

After cliché of muscularity,

Screen idols turn gods to vulgarity.