Star Trek Beyond: An Idle King

I’ve waited and waited and waited to share this with you because I didn’t want to spoil anything about Star Trek Beyond but today we are exactly two weeks away from Sept. 8th, the 50th anniversary of all things STAR TREK and I am having ideas that are beyond ideas. I have plans.

Much like Krall, the villain of the latest film, who — as I prefer my villains — has a rich/complicated back-story that has poisoned their view of the world inhabited by the heroes.

I mean to say that I — like Krall — have plans, not that my view of reality has been twisted beyond all hope of redemption (last one, I promise). Anyhoo, I really enjoyed the movie (saw it twice!) and if you don’t want any spoilers then you shouldn’t read the sonnet because there will be spoilers. So now is the time to click away or dig in to this little beauty inspired in part by the first 32 lines of Tennyson’s “Ulysses”:

A century has come and gone, 
naught but my name to recommend. 
Whilst you embraced the “peace” time’s dawn, 
I saw man’s stronger days did end. 
Believe in all your loyalties 
and you’ll be brought unto your knees; 
you broker peace with all you meet, 
I break a piece and call it meat. 
You left me on a shelf to spoil 
yet I have lived a thousand lives, 
for I was wise and claimed the hives 
and I will strengthen you with toil — 
disease and war and glories old — 
so you like me shall be made bold.