A ROMAN TALE

Poem about the soap opera surrounding Celopatra

A ROMAN TALE

By R. A. Merritt

Caesar had seizures, but Brutus cut him no slack

And though he claimed he was his friend he stabbed him in the back

He'd taken over the senate and they thought he was a jerk

But Brutus himself seldom showed up for work

And soon Augustus and all of his crew 

Knew for certain what they should do

And Brutus knowing there was a reward 

He did what he must and fell on his sword

Auggie and Antony had become allies

Though both secretly Caesar despised

They just wanted the crown they each did conspire

To wear the laurel to lead the Empire

Augustus took the west and Antony went east

And soon with that woman in Egypt he'd feast

She tempted him with her delight

She herself had Rome in her sight

And Antony you know his wife dismissed

Forgetting that dame was Auggie's sis

A foolish thing for a man to do

He bit off more than he could chew

And mounting an army he did something dumb

And Auggie crushed him at Actium

Back in Egypt Antony did flee

Hoping once more that woman to see

Knowing now he faced but strife

Antony too took his own life

And Cleo losing him lost her grasp

And she herself caressed an asp

And now they're celebrated for breaking the rules

But if you ask me they were just fools