…he doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colossus, and we petty men Walk under his huge legs and peep about To find ourselves dishonorable graves
-Julius Caesar I.ii.135-138
Our Caesar telephones, and missiles rain Kalashnikov now rules our streets and schools Warrantless searches on the Amtrak train Cabinetlings squatting on specimen stools
And we are urged to clench our fists and shout In ordered, servile choreography To bring his family coup d’etat about Through well-surveillanced demagoguery
Our master baits the poor Constitution Groaning while grasping his moral pollution
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