ROMAN VARIETY

Varieties of love are always offered
Simply to taste as you choose   –
As simple or extravagant
As items and varieties of food   –  
The rich of course can afford
To adorn both couch and trestle as they please   –

To stage an entertainment is the thing!
Impressing the provincial
Visiting official   –   Oh just see
How the other half lives…

The gods alone know how
Such Empire ‘jobsworths’ celebrate at home

But tell me what you think
Of this ‘Death Cult’ as I call them   –
Who speak of a ‘risen’ body
Having life beyond the grave?

Have you ever suffered love
That entraps you
To a verdict such as theirs?
Pitting a promise of paradise
Against a sordid public execution?

 

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Bernard Saint
Illustration: Claire Palmer

 

 

 

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