"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