Uh-oh,
Tom Swift is at it again
There's an old to-do list
Sitting on the counter
The only reason the list
Is even visible
Is 'cause the new list
That usually sits on top of it
Has been on the dining room table
For the past few days,
Being used for
Compiling information on
Which of my non-computer-image photos
I may want to have enlarged
Today I glanced at the old list
And noticed that besides
A couple of items
That date the page to
About two years ago,
There is an entry
Documenting something
I'd read or heard
To the effect that
There are parallels between
One of my favorite movies,
Forbidden Planet,
And Shakespeare's The Tempest
This evening I started
The sixth book in
The fourth Tom Swift series
I'd only gotten to page 10
When a character
Who hadn't been introduced yet,
The bearded captain of
The ocean platform
That the action is
Taking place on,
Interrupts the conversation
From a distance
By quoting lines from
Shakespeare's The Tempest
