We hail you, Caesar! <br /> <br />The Legions massed in squares <br />before the sign of the new order <br /> <br />Shining helmets and rifle barrels <br />gleaming in the Mediterrean sun <br /> <br />Flags and leashed eagles on banners <br />proclaim the democratic peoples republic <br /> <br />A tall thin man in shirt and tie mounts <br />the podium - latest apotheosis of Caesar <br /> <br />Crowds salute with raised fists <br />No sceptics need apply here <br /> <br />(and yet, that shy, hesitant doubt takes root <br />here and there in the crowded streets - <br />is this what we fought and prayed for <br />in our years of need? this huckster in <br />a tailor-made suit uttering banalities?) <br /> <br />The crowds will have their way <br />with the inauguration of a new order - <br />auspicious as death and disorder!<br /><br />Michael Pruchnicki<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-new-order/
