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the senate

For a hand in fate and privilege to avert a few unpleasantries a seat in
the senate
For the pristine tunic and the challenge to keep it unsoiled
a seat in the senate
For rhetoric comes with quandaries of office
a

seat in the senate
The toga is equal in prestige with the weight of
armour
a seat in the senate
EIGHTEENTH MORSEL
Arena gladiators
with their lives amuse us
liberty bought with blood

the last one is set free.
Slaves of silver mines
they crawl in tunnels dark
they live with the
terror
of cave-ins and landslides .
Privilege of victory
marked by thriving slavery
of people
subjugated.
The nameless galley slaves
unpaid naval oarsmen
chained to oars in
battle
live or drown with the ship.
Slaves who serve the household
by bonded servitude
are bound to
their masters
for their food and lodging.
Our state's territory
with empire's history
adorned with places
conquered.
NINETEENTH MORSEL
PORTION I
callow upstarts
those who dare advise
hindrances to them
callow upstarts
heedless of counsel
unfelled by the mace
uncut by
the blade
young and rash
callow upstarts
they shall not avert
except the obvious
PORTION II
To the philosopher
thoughts and writings
are his close friends
he

sees to needs
he then dotes on
work and study
To the philosopher
thoughts and writings
are his dear friends

exile?s release
from sycophants
wary of him
TWENTIETH MORSEL
Emotion in the thick of bandying
Eloquence is reduced to instinct

The will to survive repeats in mind
Asserts itself amidst the bedlam

Barbaric ululations and cries
Enemy?s breath and blows on the flesh

Attack..defend..retaliate..avenge
Advance..retreat..encircle..scatter

There is no room to mourn the fallen
While in the midst of war?s
grim reaping
Those destined to live long and see much
Shall live
and thrive long after youth?s bloom .
TWENTY FIRST MORSEL
One class wash clothing
inside common pools
with scent and reek
of others? washing
One class have clothing
cleaned inside clear
pools
water stored in lavish amphoraes
Disparity exists
even in
the city of the world
A part of the city
is alive when the sun is out
A part of the city

languishes in darkness at dusk
The beast of disparity
also dwells
and lurks in Rome
Garrisons guard borders ever vigilantly
behind stone slabs of sturdy
fortress walls
But it is too risky to take a walk at night
in the city
without armed entourage
One quarter boasts stone and marble
One
quarter built from brick and wood
Disparity exists
even in the city
of the world
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