National Poetry Month #3

Apr 03, 2010 21:37

Bible Study: 71 B.C.E.

by Sharon Olds

After Marcus Licinius Crassus
defeated the army of Spartacus,
he crucified 6,000 men.
That is what the records say,
as if he drove in the 18,000
nails himself. I wonder how
he felt, that day, if he went outside   
among them, if he walked that human   
woods. I think he stayed in his tent   
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foreverdirt April 28 2010, 20:59:06 UTC
That's chilling. Thanks for posting -- I'm really glad I read this.

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