Catullus Calls on Urania

A Work in Progress
57

Beautiful Urania astronomer’s muse

our eyes open to all your wonders

portents you show us will reward us

for where else can answers be found

when political peril confronts us

a dictator who sane was already unbound

now increasingly insane has been found

guilty of assault when he had a stiff member

he’s now’s so old he cannot remember

where else for advice but ask Urania

on timing a bribe to stay on his good side 

or who should we pay now that he’s gaga

among those that protect him who has the power

to keep him from suing us if we should speak truth

say he’s a fat farter and in person uncouth

Dick Russell © Richard M Russell

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