Thirty Days

Rome burned and Mt Olympus quivered

Knights of the table round grouped,

Popes and Cardinals sat on thrones

while citizens of France ate cake...

history tells a different story when

written by those who did not win and

when read aloud to children takes the

form of a fairy tale or ghost story...

we rid ourselves of fools everyday

and in so doing make us stronger or

so, the soothsayers say - when in reality

the world is just as dangerous as before

perhaps moreso since it advances every

decade or so with or without our help,

we are crude examples of life yet we

have survive for this long and will

continue to do so despite the gods who

predict we will collapse in thirty days.

February 25, 2025