Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Historia Dea Stili

“La Verdad, la Historia y el Tiempo” by Francisco Goya (1797-1800)
Historia Dea Stili
Historia, Goddess of The Stylus

Of Tigris, and Euphrates, and

Civilization's day,

men still can read the records baked

cuneiform in clay.

Of Egypt's three millenia

through which The Nile rolled,

men still can read The Pharaohs' deeds

on papyrus enscrolled.

Of Marathon, Thermopylae, Plataea

men still speak,

and those inclined can read accounts

penned in the Ancient Greek.

Of Catiline's denouncing,

the day of his failed coup,

in Cicero's own very words

men read in Latin too.

In long dead tongues the ancient texts

are still read every place,

for what The Goddess scratches down

no mere man can erase.

At Alexandria Her Temple

was burned to the ground,

yet even now in legend,

lyric, mythos She is found.

For She will not be silenced.

Her favor can not be plied.

She will not remain long obscured.

She will not be denied.

Yet tyrants try to force Her pen

to sweeten their own page,

and when they pass She outs their truth

with swift and lasting rage.

She has two special volumes, thus,

and always keeps them near,

for those who fight for Liberty,

and those who rule by fear.

So, you D.C. Elitists, know:

She's taken down your names.

Equivocate your actions now,

and play your little games.

do your “Divide and Conquer”,

state which debate you'll allow,

deny what's due tomorrow,

demand, “Now! Now! Now! Now! Now!”.

betray the people, smiling,

and do all things tyrants do,

and know: Goddess Historia

will not look kind on you.

 

 

 

 

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