“Scenes from a Voyage” [by John Tranter]

The passengers
are delirious, staring at the sea.

The slide
presentation featured the Deutsche Bahn AG

then the attendees
took off their clothes… the news

spread like
wildfire through the luxury liner –

Ronald, stop
them! Don’t shout! Or give orders!

We told the
passenger what the passenger wants.

We’ve only
potted palms, and one wolf a year.

Then all the
comedians disembark in San Diego.

That’s a tour
plan with a real future, though

the Torture Room
is daunting, I agree,

and I should say
that the ticket sale failed

because of that.
They even want to set up

cameras in the
bedrooms. We’ll all need visas,

for this is the
land where hope turns to fear.

— John Tranter