Achilles-Bruce Lee As a Reptile
Awards night, my corporate boss thought this up,
with dinner, cash and chairman's gilded cup
So as awardee, they shacked me up in a Hongkong
five-star where I truly felt like some superstar
After a warm bath, I checked my naked self
in the mirror for any overlooked error
Puffed my chest up, flattended that beer belly,
flexed my biceps, convinced I was Bruce Lee
Truly I thought it should have been me, not that
bloke Pitt as Achilles in Troy, the movie
For there stood I, majestically, a proud demigod
of mythology, preening in self-love's apogee.
A thump on the door smashed my reverie, with
a towel round my waist, I peeped out to see
Finding no one, I stepped out to catch
the prankster, but not a soul was there
Then the door slammed behind me, locked me out
in the bright hallway without the card key
From nowhere, young lady guests, elegantly dressed
with tuxedoed escorts, strolled towards me
I panicked and I froze in shame though I was sure
they didn't and wouldn't even know my name
For there stood I, sheepishly, a semi-nude dude
from the sauna, blinking like a startled iguana !
Copyright © Romeo Naces | Year Posted 2006
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