Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Rome in the Back Yard - poem

Lawrence Hall
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poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

Rome in the Back Yard

Upon reading Cecil Day-Lewis’
“A Letter from Rome”

Well, okay, it’s not really Rome back here
It’s Texas, right? But still, some Senator
Of his people spoke in a language lost
Of duty and work and foreign relations

Treaties with the nations across the creek
Military service and sacred rites
Hunting and work, care for the holy fire
And kindnesses to the aged and weak

Here, where the liveoak shadows everything
Yes, here, right here, before we Others came

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