Ah, Caligula!

Ah, Caligula!
To history known,
Germanicus, excessive extravagance in Rome.
Delation must fall as thou rise from thy throne,
the senate quakes amidst the undulation’s tow.

Ah, Caligula!
One should never be avid,
or accept the as-is, as in to be average.
-Thoust be what all there be ever that is,
and the ego is eyed as the drive toward the passage.

Ah, Caligula!
Wake the pomp, raise the flair,
Our life in all's but a starlight there.
Summer, which oft leaves to Fall leaves,
endures in the sunlight, and that is no folly.

Ah, Caligula!
The ages belong,
to they who remember and keepeth the song.
Stake these words not to a lascivious nature,
but to what he leaves Earth, and save words for later.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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Brown Avatar
November 1, 2010 at 12:12 PM
It was my pleasure to read your amazing writing today David. Love, Carol
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October 31, 2010 at 7:48 PM
Thanks Doris, although I've been here since 2007. Haha
Mehta Avatar
October 31, 2010 at 5:32 PM
Nice ending sentence, I enjoyed it. DaVID
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October 31, 2010 at 5:12 PM
enjoyed reading your work and welcome to poetry soup.
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