Odysseus Revisted

Well off the edge of the map here.
Deep in wonderland.
Still fighting the forever war.

Tied to the mast against the sirens' song,
cowering in some cyclopean cave,
snuffling truffles with the rest of the crew;
while the gods' laughter
echoes through Olympian halls.

The times may have changed
but the story's still the same.
We remain mere mortals;
slaves, as always,
of our ignorance and fear.