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He Was Not Ceasar, Nor I--

her.

 

 

(sonnet #gofigure)

 

 

The Ides of March seemed far less that detail

To reckon with til now, where Death laughs hence

In triumph oer aught joys, and shows pretense

Up as the falsehood that it is. Avail

Me how, thus left behind to what? Where's bail?

I do not have a life to live, fr'intents,

Nor future in this wretched scene. Tis thence

For others, not myself. There is no trail.

Franz Joseph quipped, "I'm spared naught!"--why bestir

His cry whenas I heard the news?! I do

Not know. Bewailing, cry that as it were,

As if twas frae the Scriptures. Why me too?!

And Empress Sissi kept on walking, her

Dress soaked with blood, as LORD, seems I do too.

 

15Mar26a

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JennyGordon
51 / F / Bolingbrook, IL
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Apr 5
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