This Poem was Submitted By: Egon H.E. Lass On Date: 2002-01-29 01:58:19 . . . Click Here To Mail this Poem to a Friend!

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Attilus Speaks

With your modern signs and wonders, how can you fathom what happened in our bath-house by the sea? Behold the artist's lettering upon a pristine wall: ENTER AND ENJOY within a pretentious tabula ansata. Attired in silk and myrrh, with memories of Baiae, we entered, we enjoyed. We tied young girls into our robes and tassles, and all the city flew into our hands. The progeny we slaughtered. Not having pills or pallatives, we took the newborn baby boys and threw them in the sewer. The girls we kept for future play. Cruel, you say? The urchins were not wanted. Don't judge, be glad. You've done away with crucifixion.

Copyright © January 2002 Egon H.E. Lass

Additional Notes:
tabula ansata: rectangle flanked by two triangles; popular framework for ancient Greek and Latin inscriptions. Baiae: Ancient Roman resort.


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