Ides of March

Oh those cursed Ides of the 15th they brought Julius Caesar death the soothsayers warning unheeded mamuralia chased beaten out of city His clothes animal skins and rags they set about this scapegoat with glee hitting him with large wooden sticks once he was driven out feasting began All the while in natures ways comes the madness of march hare watch as they circle the fields frequently stopping to box All this to attract a mate or is it just wind up their tails be as may the sight one that stirs and those mad winds bluster and roar March arrives full of fury roaring displeasure and soon is time to sacrifice the Ides Sheep to bring forth Spring on the vernal equinox and wave goodbye as march leaves like a lamb This year the vernal equinox is not on my birthday but on the 20th Vernal Equinox heralds in spring and the poor Mamuralia is an old man dresses in skins making him a scapegoat traditionally beaten out of the city to kill off evil the 15th of march is the date of Caesar s death as foretold to him by a soothsayer