Friday, April 15, 2016

Poetry Break: History Depletes Itself

Sack of Rome in 410
As seen from a medieval distance . . .

Alaric in 410:

History Depletes Itself
When in Rome, conquer as the Romans did.

Alaric did!

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At 8:52 AM, Blogger Carter Kaplan said...

I sense there is something Zenoic in the fact that history depletes itself over and over again--indeed perpetually--yet never arrives at complete emptiness.

 
At 8:55 AM, Blogger Carter Kaplan said...

I've got to hand it to you, that "Sack of Rome" stuff always inspires a jolly guffaw.

 
At 11:10 AM, Blogger Horace Jeffery Hodges said...

I aim to please.

Jeffery Hodges

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