Internet Ovid

Poets are all soldiers in love's army.

So here's Ovid and his laptop ogling

selfies snapped by sylphs who are

glamorous, witty, sophisticated yet humble

and only looking to have fun 

- evidently no Eurydices.

They in turn sift the detritus of men

dour, unkempt, fat and haggard

with the spines of pool noodles.

While he is on a weekly Odyssey

reading profiles and headlines

seeking a passion that escapes the palace of longing.