Poem: "Enquiring Minds"
This poem was inspired and sponsored by the_vulture. It's based on the National Enquirer and other tabloids, a famous source of modern myths. (As another example of such spinoffs, I highly recommend the book Mirabile by Janet Kagan.)
Enquiring Minds
The tabloids have all the news
that's not fit to print, sordid stories
of celebrity love affairs and cryptobiology
(sometimes in the same feature).
Bat Boy Lives!
Duck Hunters Shoot Angel!
Bigfoot Kept Lumberjack as Love Slave!
Elvis Had My Baby On An Alien Spaceship!
Is mythology dead or alive?
Enquiring minds want to know.