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The Caesars by Stewart Stafford
A dynasty regurgitated:
The Emperor is mad,
Bloodily decadent,
Corrupt in the mind.
Thank the Gods,
No hubris eclipses Rome's,
Let them have their toys;
Lives to violate and end.
Satire prickles august flesh;
As Suetonius's profiles bite,
Caligula's infamy was my youth,
Now déjà vu relative Nero reigns.
Bull and Aquila check Caesarean power:
Senatorial consensus, martial muscle;
Praetorian fealty is the Golden House,
Whilst gory "games" slake Plebeian thirst.
The ghost of the Old Republic,
Laments its peacock successors;
Barbaric beasts to wrestle with,
Not sport for imperial whims.
© Stewart Stafford, 2024. All rights reserved.
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