Friday, August 21, 2020

Napoleon's Gaffe

 Shall we agree with the fable of what has come before

One says she is a witness, one says she is a whore

Whatever suits your fancy, whatever gets you more

The victors scribe the history, only the righteous settle a score

Certainly the cave is the darkest, the further depths you explore

There is comfort in the communal hearth, a burden released when you close the door

We're all the progeny of ancestors who won that primordial war

All these stories written, based on what was read before

The archetype of self preservation, entwined between the line of lore

One says he is a genius, one says he is a boor

It is not just history that is fable

Dear Emperor General of the Corps


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