History's Motley Cast
History’s always been a motley cast
of characters gratefully now dead at last.
No longer do they wield the flesh
with words, commands, decrees –
it’s the rotten stench of their legacies
we still choke on daily as if fresh.
Copyright © Maurice Rigoler | Year Posted 2025
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