CASSANDRA

Panis et circenses: two minutes before slaughter ushers forth from the horse; everyone is focused on the stupor bowl.

We’re all 
going over the wall.

All pregnant with horror
from the rape few felt or saw.

Hectored, our collective corpse is bound
to be dragged around & around town.

Unlike sticks & stones, bad words now
have the power to end it all.

~jwl
https://www.jonwarrenlentz.com

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