-Civil-

Have your dinner,

chew it well,

have your wine

and don't forget

the bread.

say your prayer,

sing your praises

to the cook

and smile

and laugh

just like

you used to.

god knows

you weren't beaten

you merely

quit.

winter is coming

although you scarcely can tell.

it's still hot and humid

in the bowels of hell.

Jezebels laughing

at the holy site,

brothers fighting,

though there's nothing left

and at best

neither is wrong or right.