Septuagenarian Rule

" WHAT THE OLD SEE SITTING,
THE YOUNG WON'T SEE STANDING."
GOES THE FAMED PROVERB PIECE.
THUS GIVING TYRANTS EASE.

SO AFRICAN LEADERS
WED POWER,INFLICTING SCARS-
FOR THEY BELIEVE TO KNOW
BETTER THAN OTHERS WHILE OLD.

SO GROWS SEPTUAGENARIACY
BECAUSE THE OLD 
BELIEVE TO SEE
AND SEE SUPER-HUMANLY
WHILE INCREASING DEMOCRATIC MORTALITY.

"SO HEREIN LIE THE BONES
OF THE TYRANT WHO SO
MADE THE PROVERB FAMOUS
MAY HIS BONES BE AT PEACE AT MOST."
Copyright © | Year Posted 2010

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