The cops at
the door
always scared me,
even when
there wasn't anything
to be afraid of.
Next it was a tall long and stretched
out place, it loomed and symbolized
a distant
power like
a guardtower
of the Roman
frontier.
Full of nobles in their
togas fresh
and their women
(mainly) on display
and the libations poured from fonts
forward in their thinking,
"Let us keep them drunk!"
And to spew the lies
and herald truths
and miff enemies
and salve friends,
to say that I would
do it all
again would be an
understatement
