Reigning In

October 30, 2023

You may conquer

on horseback

but to rule

must dismount

Pandora

lies waiting

new blood

for the fount

Napoleon

Attila

Augustus

afield

The vanquished

in chaos

till order

—congeals

(Dreamsleep: October, 2023)

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