"If Lucan had lived, he would probably have improved greatly." Macaulay
he had barely enough time
as it was he found it necessary to combine
the epic framework
and the heart's lament
his magnum opus with
his juvenilia
before the right hand
of once-great Rome
commenced to apply its blade
its very own
his magnum opus with
his juvenilia
before the right hand
of once-great Rome
commenced to apply its blade
its very own
directly to its vitals
and it was carving still
when Nero made him retract
turn on his friends
rat out his mother
!
then kill himself
and it was carving still
when Nero made him retract
turn on his friends
rat out his mother
!
then kill himself
leaving himself foerever exposed
to the facile commentary
of bystanders
still
I call that living
to the facile commentary
of bystanders
still
I call that living
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