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| author | Robert Tonsing <pterodactyl@fastmail.com> | 2026-08-23 21:17:50 -0500 |
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| committer | Robert Tonsing <pterodactyl@fastmail.com> | 2026-08-23 21:17:50 -0500 |
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You may copy it, give it away or +\par \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 re-\hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +\par \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org +\par +\par \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 ** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** +\par \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 ** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** +\par +\par \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 Title: P\hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 raetor's Lunch +\par +\par \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 Author: Dom +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3342341 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af2 \ltrch\fcs0 \dbch\af11\insrsid3342341\charrsid3342341 \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 Posting Date\hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 : +\hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 August \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 21\hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 , \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 2012\hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 [\hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 EBook \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 #5766\hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 ] + +\par \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 Release Date\hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 : \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 May, \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 2004 +\par \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 First Posted\hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 : \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 July \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 1\hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 , \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 2002}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af2 \ltrch\fcs0 \dbch\af11\insrsid2498774 + +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af2 \ltrch\fcs0 \dbch\af11\insrsid3342341\charrsid3342341 +\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2498774 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af2 \ltrch\fcs0 \dbch\af11\insrsid2498774\charrsid2498774 \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 Language: English +\par +\par \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 Character set encoding: }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af2 \ltrch\fcs0 \dbch\af11\insrsid2498774 \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 RTF}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af2 \ltrch\fcs0 \dbch\af11\insrsid2498774\charrsid2498774 +\par +\par \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PRAETOR'S LUNCH ***}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af2 \ltrch\fcs0 \dbch\af11\insrsid9897574\charrsid2498774 +\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9897574 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af2 \ltrch\fcs0 \dbch\af11\insrsid9897574 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af2 \ltrch\fcs0 \dbch\af11\insrsid2498774 +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af2 \ltrch\fcs0 \dbch\af11\insrsid9897574 +\par +\par \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 Copyright (C) 2002 by L.M. Wong +\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8996640 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af2 \ltrch\fcs0 \dbch\af11\insrsid8996640\charrsid7031968 \hich\af2\dbch\af11\loch\f2 Dommy dominaeprimus@yahoo.com}{\rtlch\fcs1 +\af2 \ltrch\fcs0 \dbch\af11\insrsid8996640 +\par }\pard \ltrpar\s15\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9897574 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af2 \ltrch\fcs0 \dbch\af11\insrsid8996640 +\par +\par }\pard\plain \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid9897574 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\lang2057\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp2057\langfenp1033 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs36 \ltrch\fcs0 +\b\i\fs36\insrsid9897574 \page }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par }\pard\plain \ltrpar\s1\ql \li0\ri0\keepn\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\outlinelevel0\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs36\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs36\lang2057\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp2057\langfenp1033 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 +\insrsid3034094 PRAETOR\rquote S LUNCH +\par }\pard\plain \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li2160\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin2160\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\lang2057\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp2057\langfenp1033 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs36 \ltrch\fcs0 +\b\i\fs36\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard\plain \ltrpar\s1\ql \li0\ri0\keepn\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\outlinelevel0\rin0\lin0\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs36\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs36\lang2057\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp2057\langfenp1033 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 +\insrsid3034094 By DOM +\par }\pard\plain \ltrpar\ql \fi1800\li1080\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin1080\itap0 \rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs20\alang1025 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs20\lang2057\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp2057\langfenp1033 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs36 \ltrch\fcs0 +\b\i\fs36\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \ltrpar\qj \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs32 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs32\insrsid3034094 The ancient magistrate is having lunch at noon and these are our attempts at capturing his thoughts in the midst of dining. + +\par Thoughts are expressed in both verse and prose form. +\par Take this morsel by morsel.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs36 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs36\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li2160\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin2160\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs36 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs36\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par FIRST MORSEL}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +We wish an end to war with promises and hopes of peace. We wish for peace ,we prepare for war. We threaten peace of others with war. We rouse ourselves with the cry to arms. In peace or war we are restless. In peace we amuse ourselves + by sparring and wargames .In war we sing our lamentations of peace. +\par What are we ? A warlike race intent on keeping an empire with abundance .At the same time advance in all directions with our might. +\par The horns of bulls are never far from another warring bull\rquote s tips. When reins are loosened, gates thrown wide ,beasts lunge forth and lock horns again. +\par Mars. Venus. Ares. Aphrodite. Their temples are extremes. We invoke their benison at +\par various stages of life. +\par Nature. Choice. Reason. They hatch outcome. We\rquote +re capable of breathing life force and personify the two exorbitant passions. There is another passion but its sedateness hardly qualifies it for that intense term. It is more an affliction. We are within range of it too. This frigid indifference. +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 SECOND MORSEL}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par All will have their day. The thwarted, triumphant. The Gods ,their final say. All will be, whatever they may be. What soothsayers are privy to ,what the oracle withholds. +\par The gods intervene, they alter destinies. It all rests on the will of the Being who wields the armoury of Nature and reins of the universe. +\par Miltiades and Alexander crushed the might of armed Persian pride. Marathon and Salamis undid Darius and Xerxes. +\par Patroclus wasn\rquote t meant to sack Troy. Struck by Apollo, slain by Hector. +\par Menelaus could have slain Paris but his sword broke. Paris though defeated was spared by Aphrodite who returned him to Trojan lines. +\par Pandarus\rquote arrow injured Agamemnon . That one arrow aggravated the wounds of +\par Greeks. Troy was meant to fall . +\par Poseidon shielded Aeneas from the furious sword of Achilles. Rome was meant to be. +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 THIRD MORSEL}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 View of evening and morning are crowning achievements of nature\rquote +s light and shadow play. The rest of the day is a hiatus between splendour. We need to live through and endure the rest of it like life. Between glory and triumph, there are those simple times which we seldom note or cherish. Times of neither sadness or +gladness. Existential. Not piquant vividness of acute alertness. +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 FOURTH MORSEL}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 To bear the fruits of victory and to have th +e muscle of vanquished people, the state has to continually nurture a nation of courageous loyal citizens. Conquest has to be maintained, watched by ever vigilant sentries and keepers. The state neither needs nor reveres idlers whose business is to indul +ge themselves in Bacchanalian excesses on account of their ancestry to heroes of preceding generations. +\par +\par Lawmakers duel with wit, logic and words while the war machine duels with tools +\par of the army .Laws made or repealed as fearless scions fight for aspirations of a greater state. +\par To safeguard the abundance of far flung regions brought for the enjoyment of the homeland. Have the names of conquerors venerated by the conquered people. +\par Have kings, queens and chieftains of unknown lands pay tribute to the imperial +\par standard. +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 FIFTH MORSEL}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 Two friends. They talk of things past, of bets against each other. They laud things, condemn a few and lampoon absurdities. +\par They try things out , chalk up mutual experiences .Argue in good humour. +\par They are both the core of their world. All else backdrops. There are friendships +\par which rival or surpass the closeness of blood relations. +\par Other lives about them are ambience to their drama of life. All that the world holds +\par enrich their learning. They have their own company to increase their happiness. +\par They help themselves and with relish exhaust the time granted.}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par SIXTH MORSEL}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par Morning recedes. +\par Noon emerges. +\par +\par Up on the bridge ,the cobbled passage below, the sun nigh. Breeze blows mildly. +\par Dries noon swelter dry. A column on the march .At the outskirts of the garrison town, clatter of horses, armed men of war and metal are accustomed sounds , +\par familiar sights. +\par Javelins high , tips glinting. Clear without scarlet stains of battle or rust of war. +\par Chins up. Feet in perfect stride. Sturdy steps in unison. +\par Bouncing blades , sheathed in their scabbards. Jangling armour as leather soles +\par stamp the stone tiled road. +\par Neighing mounts , tasselled reins, governed by their masters, they gallop obediently. +\par Shields glint. Their helmets of war inject ferocity to their visages. +\par +\par Meridian peaks. +\par Morn recedes. +\par +\par The proud standard borne by its bearer. Beast\rquote s paws knotted at his chest. +\par Beast\rquote s maw agape from the top of his helmet till rear curvature of his neck. +\par Fangs in line with temples. His cohorts , the horn blowers ride nearby. +\par The visibility and density of dyed tufts discern common soldier from centurion, +\par centurion from officer. +\par Red cloaks clasped and drape imperiously over backs of the empire\rquote s officials. Saddled snugly atop their mounts, towards destination ,advance. +\par To the horizon ,another outpost awaits them. Keeping their presence seen and +\par felt. Mere manoeuvres .Necessary routine. +\par Town square forums and resthouses. Aqueducts and baths of villas. They must forego +\par these comforts. They are duty bound for now. +\par +\par Daylight recedes. +\par Evening emerges. +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 SEVENTH MORSEL}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par Prosperity has many friends and many envious schemers who duck at blind corners . +\par Comrades and kin trumpet deeds . Generosity towards common masses too gains favour .We\rquote ll know it when the market place speak of none but the doer . +\par To detractors, motives are questioned unflaggingly . +\par Any hint of misdemeanour or misstep , the forum echoes with it with the zeal equalled +\par only by the homecoming of a victor crowned with honours except it\rquote s ill distinction +\par and not exalted honour. +\par Whisperings at public baths , hastened steps towards or away from the object of their +\par speculation . +\par Some will speak well of them. Some will be too distant to know them well enough to +\par dislike or to be fond of with conviction sprung from familiarity. Prosperity puts a +\par person on different plain yet this dagger is just as sharp on both sides for the one is +\par also vulnerable to the critical eye of scrutiny. +\par Doubts, beliefs , suspicions and truths addled with syllables which make a name. +\par Common populace , will they choose to know the truth and live with the measure of +\par a human being or swallow myth and live with the flight of legend ? +\par That shall be determined by conduct , attainments , favourable circumstances and an orator\rquote s persuasive logic. +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs144 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs144\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 EIGHTH MORSEL}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 Fear their leaders more than their faceless enemies . Guard the standard as if it were +\par one\rquote s life .A source of pride to be defended. In all manner of weather or even in peace +\par the play of battle fills the gap of idleness. +\par Hardened muscles are not to grow soft and feeble. +\par +\par Barbaric tribes of east and west. Threats to outer reaches of reign. There our garrisons cannot rest their tools . Craggy mountains and treacherous forests are home to nomadic tribes which live to hunt and plunder , wild like their wilderness dwellings. + +\par They have neither patience nor skill to cultivate the land. They are not of that ilk. +\par +\par Cities and orderliness are strange to them. They are curiosities amongst us .We are game in their company. +\par They see our numbers and strength .They do not venture forth . An uneasy peace +\par simply broken by the party which is the first to charge , cry out and first to snatch their arms out of their housing . +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 NINTH MORSEL}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 \'93Quot homines tot sententiae.\'94 +\par So many people so many opinions. The voice of the leader slices across the indiscernible chatter. All persuading , nobly commanding . A clear voice brings with it a defined course. The rest obey , they lack the chief\rquote s possessions. +\par \'93Qualis Rex talis grex\'94. Such is the leader , such is the people. +\par One\rquote s virtues are taken note of .The most ardent admirers mold themselves to that manner. What their leaders do and and do not. Whatever those venerated say or withhold. There are imitators , emulators , travesty smiths. +\par Once in a while , one or a small band of them rise to remold status quo. A wave is hatched and unleashed .It becomes an acceptable convention. +\par It is the manner of people that which is proven will be used till the spring is parched +\par or when something superior is offered and that offering tickles their longing. +\par Far easier to remain constant than alter a course. Given the disposition toward ease , the well trodden tempts .Yet heed well that it is the passage of tribulation where the +\par coronet of glory and honour rests on the head of those who are uncowed .They shall +\par find that fame latches like their own skin to their name . +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li2160\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin2160\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \insrsid3034094 }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 TENTH MORSEL}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 +\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par We who hold the torch +\par We must be patient +\par Decorum requires it +\par The pride of a legion +\par lives within its standard +\par one standard bearer bears +\par sacrament of cohorts +\par +\par +\par We who hold the torch +\par We must be patient +\par Decorum requires it +\par One official\rquote s carriage +\par personifies the rest +\par one written inscription +\par ultimate seal of fate +\par +\par +\par We who hold the torch +\par We must be patient +\par Decorum requires it +\par Make way for those better +\par while we wait with patience +\par allow them the better seats +\par their merit exceed ours +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li2160\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin2160\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 ELEVENTH MORSEL +\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 I am not one to dispute the will of God , +\par divine will becomes our lot , +\par but I question the logic of some . +\par Foolish is the soul who enters the place , +\par who announces his innermost desires , +\par swears a gift in return , +\par should they be fulfilled , +\par by divine consent , +\par upon his earthly cares , +\par mortal souls have none to offer better , +\par than the rewards of paradise , +\par what are our trappings to heaven , +\par when it is God who grants ? +\par It is not worship or invocation , +\par it is a wager posed by hubris , +\par displace pomposity and affectation , +\par come in a penitent pose , +\par humility warrants attention , +\par or else snuff the lamp , +\par take the oil elsewhere . +\par +\par +\par I am not one to dispute the will of God , +\par divine will becomes our lot , +\par but I question the right of tyrants . +\par Charred cities after their sacking , +\par the cries of dependent humanity , +\par sent to feed searing flames , +\par the weak , meek and lame , +\par no daylight dawns again , +\par a winding trail of chains and clubs , +\par the gathered wounded ; conquered , +\par these tyrants do not govern , +\par they seize and consume their fill , +\par then hunger rumbles again , +\par they repeat their atrocities , +\par till the Fates pluck them . +\par For each tyrant reaped , +\par by droves victims precede them , +\par their number exceed sacrificial offerings , +\par made to appease wrathful spirits , +\par or custom of ceremony , +\par of a deity worshipped . }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par TWELFTH MORSEL +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 Our moments of glory +\par a lifetime to remember +\par fair token of youth\rquote s vigour +\par +\par Carve now before the die sets +\par while still new and pliable +\par when it dries your mark stays +\par hardened and nobly set +\par surpassing life of wilted crowns +\par a monument in your honour +\par +\par Our moments of glory +\par a lifetime to remember +\par come pay heed to youth\rquote s prayer +\par +\par We won\rquote t be here to bother +\par having surpassed such worries +\par earthborn to earth it goes +\par like Assyrian ruins +\par to those with merits deserving +\par God and kind Fortune preserve them +\par +\par Our moments of glory +\par a lifetime to remember +\par mementos of youth\rquote s flower +\par +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par THIRTEENTH MORSEL +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par A peasant who wishes for more +\par changes his plough for arms +\par The army has loyal farmers +\par with absent fathers away far +\par +\par Children of empire\rquote s troops +\par though honoured their father\rquote s name +\par they hardly know the man well +\par though his name they proudly bear +\par +\par Years abroad have rendered fathers +\par estranged from families and friends +\par yet love and regard still remain +\par after gaps of years and distance +\par +\par A peasant who wishes for more +\par changes his plough for arms +\par fertile fields left idle +\par while we take grain from conquered lands +\par +\par For children whom fathers left +\par when they were too young to recall +\par esteem comes to their hearts prior +\par before the warmth of filial love +\par +\par At long last parted faces meet again +\par strange and familiar strange yet familiar +\par they rekindle ties and retell tidings +\par memories and previous habits return +\par +\par Fertile fields left idle +\par while we take grain from conquered lands +\par the army has its own farmers +\par with absent fathers battling far +\par +\par Families once again reunited +\par when warriors in togas turn civilians +\par their children venture and nestle gladly +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 FOURTEENTH MORSEL +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par \'93De mortuis nil nisi bonum\'94 +\par speak well of the departed +\par or else do not speak at all . +\par The now sacred departed +\par immune to our rebuke +\par rejoice with their memory. +\par +\par \'93De mortuis nil nisi bonum\'94 +\par speak well of the departed +\par or else do not speak at all . +\par Allow their good part live on +\par they have gone beyond the gates +\par those whom we regard dearly. +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 FIFTEENTH MORSEL}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par What draws us to oracles ? +\par Those structures where we worship , +\par The place where future unfolds , +\par For those who are uncertain , +\par Gripped by Trouble\rquote s tentacles . +\par +\par +\par What draws us to oracles ? +\par Priests and priestesses reveal , +\par With omniscience in their being , +\par With eyes of the temple gods , +\par Free from earthly manacles . +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi270\li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par SIXTEENTH MORSEL}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par There is nothing loathsome , +\par in learning from others , +\par with elders and with peers , +\par we shared experiences , +\par treasures of our youth , +\par amusing in retrospect . +\par +\par It is the matter\rquote s worth +\par the source dictates not choice +\par progress comes not from disdain +\par to live we nourish the form +\par to advance we emulate +\par the source dictates not choice +\par It is the matter\rquote s worth +\par +\par If they should enrich us , +\par ennoble the manner , +\par magnify happiness , +\par increase our contentment , +\par in learning from others , +\par there is nothing loathsome . +\par +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 SEVENTEENTH MORSEL +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 For common good and for own glory +\par a seat in the senate +\par For common cause and own aspirations +\par a seat in the senate +\par For power over destinies for by themselves they'll drown +\par a seat in the senate +\par For a hand in fate and privilege to avert a few unpleasantries +\par a seat in the senate +\par For the pristine tunic and the challenge to keep it unsoiled +\par a seat in the senate +\par For rhetoric comes with quandaries of office +\par a seat in the senate +\par The toga is equal in prestige with the weight of armour +\par a seat in the senate}{\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par EIGHTEENTH MORSEL +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 Arena gladiators +\par with their lives amuse us +\par liberty bought with blood +\par the last one is set free. +\par +\par Slaves of silver mines +\par they crawl in tunnels dark +\par they live with the terror +\par of cave-ins and landslides . +\par +\par Privilege of victory +\par marked by thriving slavery +\par of people subjugated. +\par +\par The nameless galley slaves +\par unpaid naval oarsmen +\par chained to oars in battle +\par live or drown with the ship. +\par +\par Slaves who serve the household +\par by bonded servitude +\par are bound to their masters +\par for their food and lodging. +\par +\par Our state's territory +\par with empire's history +\par adorned with places conquered. +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ai\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li2160\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin2160\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 NINETEENTH MORSEL}{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par PORTION I +\par +\par callow upstarts +\par those who dare advise +\par hindrances to them +\par +\par callow upstarts +\par heedless of counsel +\par unfelled by the mace +\par uncut by the blade +\par young and rash +\par +\par callow upstarts +\par they shall not avert +\par except the obvious +\par +\par +\par PORTION II +\par +\par To the philosopher +\par thoughts and writings +\par are his close friends +\par he sees to needs +\par he then dotes on +\par work and study +\par +\par To the philosopher +\par thoughts and writings +\par are his dear friends +\par exile\rquote s release +\par from sycophants +\par wary of him +\par +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \fi720\li2160\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin2160\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 TWENTIETH MORSEL +\par }\pard \ltrpar\qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 Emotion in the thick of bandying +\par Eloquence is reduced to instinct +\par The will to survive repeats in mind +\par Asserts itself amidst the bedlam +\par Barbaric ululations and cries +\par Enemy\rquote s breath and blows on the flesh +\par Attack..defend..retaliate..avenge +\par Advance..retreat..encircle..scatter +\par There is no room to mourn the fallen +\par While in the midst of war\rquote s grim reaping +\par Those destined to live long and see much +\par Shall live and thrive long after youth\rquote s bloom . +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par TWENTY FIRST MORSEL +\par +\par }{\rtlch\fcs1 \af0\afs24 \ltrch\fcs0 \fs24\insrsid3034094 One class wash clothing +\par inside common pools +\par with scent and reek of others\rquote washing +\par One class have clothing +\par cleaned inside clear pools +\par water stored in lavish amphoraes +\par Disparity exists +\par even in the city of the world +\par +\par A part of the city +\par is alive when the sun is out +\par A part of the city +\par languishes in darkness at dusk +\par The beast of disparity +\par also dwells and lurks in Rome +\par +\par Garrisons guard borders ever vigilantly +\par behind stone slabs of sturdy fortress walls +\par But it is too risky to take a walk at night +\par in the city without armed entourage +\par One quarter boasts stone and marble +\par One quarter built from brick and wood +\par Disparity exists +\par even in the city of the world +\par +\par }\pard \ltrpar\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid8996640 {\rtlch\fcs1 \ab\af0 \ltrch\fcs0 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You may copy it, give it away or +re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included +with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org + +** This is a COPYRIGHTED Project Gutenberg eBook, Details Below ** +** Please follow the copyright guidelines in this file. ** + +Title: Praetor's Lunch + +Author: Dom + +Posting Date: August 21, 2012 [EBook #5766] +Release Date: May, 2004 +First Posted: July 1, 2002 + +Language: English + +Character set encoding: ASCII + +*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PRAETOR'S LUNCH *** + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +Copyright (C) 2002 by L.M. Wong + +Dommy dominaeprimus@yahoo.com + + + + + +PRAETOR'S LUNCH + +By DOM + +The ancient magistrate is having lunch at noon and these are +our attempts at capturing his thoughts in the midst of dining. +Thoughts are expressed in both verse and prose form. +Take this morsel by morsel. + + + + + + +FIRST MORSEL +We wish an end to war with promises and hopes of peace. We wish for peace ,we +prepare for war. We threaten peace of others with war. We rouse ourselves with the +cry to arms. In peace or war we are restless. In peace we amuse ourselves by sparring +and wargames .In war we sing our lamentations of peace. +What are we ? A warlike race intent on keeping an empire with abundance .At the +same time advance in all directions with our might. +The horns of bulls are never far from another warring bull?s tips. When reins are +loosened, gates thrown wide ,beasts lunge forth and lock horns again. +Mars. Venus. Ares. Aphrodite. Their temples are extremes. We invoke their benison at +various stages of life. +Nature. Choice. Reason. They hatch outcome. We?re capable of breathing life force +and personify the two exorbitant passions. There is another passion but its sedateness +hardly qualifies it for that intense term. It is more an affliction. We are within range +of it too. This frigid indifference. + + +SECOND MORSEL +All will have their day. The thwarted, triumphant. The Gods ,their final say. All will +be, whatever they may be. What soothsayers are privy to ,what the oracle withholds. +The gods intervene, they alter destinies. It all rests on the will of the Being who wields +the armoury of Nature and reins of the universe. +Miltiades and Alexander crushed the might of armed Persian pride. Marathon and +Salamis undid Darius and Xerxes. +Patroclus wasn?t meant to sack Troy. Struck by Apollo, slain by Hector. +Menelaus could have slain Paris but his sword broke. Paris though defeated was +spared by Aphrodite who returned him to Trojan lines. +Pandarus? arrow injured Agamemnon . That one arrow aggravated the wounds of +Greeks. Troy was meant to fall . +Poseidon shielded Aeneas from the furious sword of Achilles. Rome was meant to be. + + +THIRD MORSEL +View of evening and morning are crowning achievements of nature?s light and +shadow play. The rest of the day is a hiatus between splendour. We need to live +through and endure the rest of it like life. Between glory and triumph, there are those +simple times which we seldom note or cherish. Times of neither sadness or gladness. +Existential. Not piquant vividness of acute alertness. + + + + + +FOURTH MORSEL +To bear the fruits of victory and to have the muscle of vanquished people, the state +has to continually nurture a nation of courageous loyal citizens. Conquest has to be +maintained, watched by ever vigilant sentries and keepers. The state neither needs +nor reveres idlers whose business is to indulge themselves in Bacchanalian excesses +on account of their ancestry to heroes of preceding generations. + +Lawmakers duel with wit, logic and words while the war machine duels with tools +of the army .Laws made or repealed as fearless scions fight for aspirations of a +greater state. +To safeguard the abundance of far flung regions brought for the enjoyment of the +homeland. Have the names of conquerors venerated by the conquered people. +Have kings, queens and chieftains of unknown lands pay tribute to the imperial +standard. + + +FIFTH MORSEL +Two friends. They talk of things past, of bets against each other. They laud things, +condemn a few and lampoon absurdities. +They try things out , chalk up mutual experiences .Argue in good humour. +They are both the core of their world. All else backdrops. There are friendships +which rival or surpass the closeness of blood relations. +Other lives about them are ambience to their drama of life. All that the world holds +enrich their learning. They have their own company to increase their happiness. +They help themselves and with relish exhaust the time granted. + + + + +SIXTH MORSEL +Morning recedes. +Noon emerges. + +Up on the bridge ,the cobbled passage below, the sun nigh. Breeze blows mildly. +Dries noon swelter dry. A column on the march .At the outskirts of the garrison town, +clatter of horses, armed men of war and metal are accustomed sounds , +familiar sights. +Javelins high , tips glinting. Clear without scarlet stains of battle or rust of war. +Chins up. Feet in perfect stride. Sturdy steps in unison. +Bouncing blades , sheathed in their scabbards. Jangling armour as leather soles +stamp the stone tiled road. +Neighing mounts , tasselled reins, governed by their masters, they gallop obediently. +Shields glint. Their helmets of war inject ferocity to their visages. + +Meridian peaks. +Morn recedes. + +The proud standard borne by its bearer. Beast?s paws knotted at his chest. +Beast?s maw agape from the top of his helmet till rear curvature of his neck. +Fangs in line with temples. His cohorts , the horn blowers ride nearby. +The visibility and density of dyed tufts discern common soldier from centurion, +centurion from officer. +Red cloaks clasped and drape imperiously over backs of the empire?s officials. +Saddled snugly atop their mounts, towards destination ,advance. +To the horizon ,another outpost awaits them. Keeping their presence seen and +felt. Mere manoeuvres .Necessary routine. +Town square forums and resthouses. Aqueducts and baths of villas. They must forego +these comforts. They are duty bound for now. + +Daylight recedes. +Evening emerges. + + + + + +SEVENTH MORSEL + +Prosperity has many friends and many envious schemers who duck at blind corners . +Comrades and kin trumpet deeds . Generosity towards common masses too gains +favour .We?ll know it when the market place speak of none but the doer . +To detractors, motives are questioned unflaggingly . +Any hint of misdemeanour or misstep , the forum echoes with it with the zeal equalled +only by the homecoming of a victor crowned with honours except it?s ill distinction +and not exalted honour. +Whisperings at public baths , hastened steps towards or away from the object of their +speculation . +Some will speak well of them. Some will be too distant to know them well enough to +dislike or to be fond of with conviction sprung from familiarity. Prosperity puts a +person on different plain yet this dagger is just as sharp on both sides for the one is +also vulnerable to the critical eye of scrutiny. +Doubts, beliefs , suspicions and truths addled with syllables which make a name. +Common populace , will they choose to know the truth and live with the measure of +a human being or swallow myth and live with the flight of legend ? +That shall be determined by conduct , attainments , favourable circumstances and an +orator?s persuasive logic. + + + + + +EIGHTH MORSEL + +Fear their leaders more than their faceless enemies . Guard the standard as if it were +one?s life .A source of pride to be defended. In all manner of weather or even in +peace +the play of battle fills the gap of idleness. +Hardened muscles are not to grow soft and feeble. + +Barbaric tribes of east and west. Threats to outer reaches of reign. There our +garrisons cannot rest their tools . Craggy mountains and treacherous forests are +home to nomadic tribes which live to hunt and plunder , wild like their wilderness +dwellings. +They have neither patience nor skill to cultivate the land. They are not of that ilk. + +Cities and orderliness are strange to them. They are curiosities amongst us .We are +game in their company. +They see our numbers and strength .They do not venture forth . An uneasy peace +simply broken by the party which is the first to charge , cry out and first to snatch +their arms out of their housing . + + + +NINTH MORSEL + +?Quot homines tot sententiae.? +So many people so many opinions. The voice of the leader slices across the +indiscernible chatter. All persuading , nobly commanding . A clear voice brings with +it a defined course. The rest obey , they lack the chief?s possessions. +?Qualis Rex talis grex?. Such is the leader , such is the people. +One?s virtues are taken note of .The most ardent admirers mold themselves to that +manner. What their leaders do and and do not. Whatever those venerated say or +withhold. There are imitators , emulators , travesty smiths. +Once in a while , one or a small band of them rise to remold status quo. A wave is +hatched and unleashed .It becomes an acceptable convention. +It is the manner of people that which is proven will be used till the spring is parched +or when something superior is offered and that offering tickles their longing. +Far easier to remain constant than alter a course. Given the disposition toward ease , +the well trodden tempts .Yet heed well that it is the passage of tribulation where the +coronet of glory and honour rests on the head of those who are uncowed .They shall +find that fame latches like their own skin to their name . + + + + + + + + + TENTH MORSEL + +We who hold the torch +We must be patient +Decorum requires it +The pride of a legion +lives within its standard +one standard bearer bears +sacrament of cohorts + + +We who hold the torch +We must be patient +Decorum requires it +One official?s carriage +personifies the rest +one written inscription +ultimate seal of fate + + +We who hold the torch +We must be patient +Decorum requires it +Make way for those better +while we wait with patience +allow them the better seats +their merit exceed ours + + + + + + ELEVENTH MORSEL + +I am not one to dispute the will of God , +divine will becomes our lot , +but I question the logic of some . +Foolish is the soul who enters the place , +who announces his innermost desires , +swears a gift in return , +should they be fulfilled , +by divine consent , +upon his earthly cares , +mortal souls have none to offer better , +than the rewards of paradise , +what are our trappings to heaven , +when it is God who grants ? +It is not worship or invocation , +it is a wager posed by hubris , +displace pomposity and affectation , +come in a penitent pose , +humility warrants attention , +or else snuff the lamp , +take the oil elsewhere . + + +I am not one to dispute the will of God , +divine will becomes our lot , +but I question the right of tyrants . +Charred cities after their sacking , +the cries of dependent humanity , +sent to feed searing flames , +the weak , meek and lame , +no daylight dawns again , +a winding trail of chains and clubs , +the gathered wounded ; conquered , +these tyrants do not govern , +they seize and consume their fill , +then hunger rumbles again , +they repeat their atrocities , +till the Fates pluck them . +For each tyrant reaped , +by droves victims precede them , +their number exceed sacrificial offerings , +made to appease wrathful spirits , +or custom of ceremony , +of a deity worshipped . + + + + +TWELFTH MORSEL + +Our moments of glory +a lifetime to remember +fair token of youth?s vigour + +Carve now before the die sets +while still new and pliable +when it dries your mark stays +hardened and nobly set +surpassing life of wilted crowns +a monument in your honour + +Our moments of glory +a lifetime to remember +come pay heed to youth?s prayer + +We won?t be here to bother +having surpassed such worries +earthborn to earth it goes +like Assyrian ruins +to those with merits deserving +God and kind Fortune preserve them + +Our moments of glory +a lifetime to remember +mementos of youth?s flower + + + + + +THIRTEENTH MORSEL + +A peasant who wishes for more +changes his plough for arms +The army has loyal farmers +with absent fathers away far + +Children of empire?s troops +though honoured their father?s name +they hardly know the man well +though his name they proudly bear + +Years abroad have rendered fathers +estranged from families and friends +yet love and regard still remain +after gaps of years and distance + +A peasant who wishes for more +changes his plough for arms +fertile fields left idle +while we take grain from conquered lands + +For children whom fathers left +when they were too young to recall +esteem comes to their hearts prior +before the warmth of filial love + +At long last parted faces meet again +strange and familiar strange yet familiar +they rekindle ties and retell tidings +memories and previous habits return + +Fertile fields left idle +while we take grain from conquered lands +the army has its own farmers +with absent fathers battling far + +Families once again reunited +when warriors in togas turn civilians +their children venture and nestle gladly + + + + +FOURTEENTH MORSEL + +?De mortuis nil nisi bonum? +speak well of the departed +or else do not speak at all . +The now sacred departed +immune to our rebuke +rejoice with their memory. + +?De mortuis nil nisi bonum? +speak well of the departed +or else do not speak at all . +Allow their good part live on +they have gone beyond the gates +those whom we regard dearly. + + + + +FIFTEENTH MORSEL + +What draws us to oracles ? +Those structures where we worship , +The place where future unfolds , +For those who are uncertain , +Gripped by Trouble?s tentacles . + + +What draws us to oracles ? +Priests and priestesses reveal , +With omniscience in their being , +With eyes of the temple gods , +Free from earthly manacles . + + + + +SIXTEENTH MORSEL + +There is nothing loathsome , +in learning from others , +with elders and with peers , +we shared experiences , +treasures of our youth , +amusing in retrospect . + +It is the matter?s worth +the source dictates not choice +progress comes not from disdain +to live we nourish the form +to advance we emulate +the source dictates not choice +It is the matter?s worth + +If they should enrich us , +ennoble the manner , +magnify happiness , +increase our contentment , +in learning from others , +there is nothing loathsome . + + +SEVENTEENTH MORSEL + +For common good and for own glory +a seat in the senate +For common cause and own aspirations +a seat in the senate +For power over destinies for by themselves they'll drown +a seat in the senate +For a hand in fate and privilege to avert a few unpleasantries +a seat in the senate +For the pristine tunic and the challenge to keep it unsoiled +a seat in the senate +For rhetoric comes with quandaries of office +a seat in the senate +The toga is equal in prestige with the weight of armour +a seat in the senate + + + +EIGHTEENTH MORSEL + +Arena gladiators +with their lives amuse us +liberty bought with blood +the last one is set free. + +Slaves of silver mines +they crawl in tunnels dark +they live with the terror +of cave-ins and landslides . + +Privilege of victory +marked by thriving slavery +of people subjugated. + +The nameless galley slaves +unpaid naval oarsmen +chained to oars in battle +live or drown with the ship. + +Slaves who serve the household +by bonded servitude +are bound to their masters +for their food and lodging. + +Our state's territory +with empire's history +adorned with places conquered. + + + + NINETEENTH MORSEL + +PORTION I + +callow upstarts +those who dare advise +hindrances to them + +callow upstarts +heedless of counsel +unfelled by the mace +uncut by the blade +young and rash + +callow upstarts +they shall not avert +except the obvious + + +PORTION II + +To the philosopher +thoughts and writings +are his close friends +he sees to needs +he then dotes on +work and study + +To the philosopher +thoughts and writings +are his dear friends +exile?s release +from sycophants +wary of him + + + TWENTIETH MORSEL + +Emotion in the thick of bandying +Eloquence is reduced to instinct +The will to survive repeats in mind +Asserts itself amidst the bedlam +Barbaric ululations and cries +Enemy?s breath and blows on the flesh +Attack..defend..retaliate..avenge +Advance..retreat..encircle..scatter +There is no room to mourn the fallen +While in the midst of war?s grim reaping +Those destined to live long and see much +Shall live and thrive long after youth?s bloom . + + +TWENTY FIRST MORSEL + +One class wash clothing +inside common pools +with scent and reek of others? 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Wong + + + + + + +PRAETOR?S LUNCH + +By DOM + +The ancient magistrate is having lunch at noon and these are +our attempts at capturing his thoughts in the midst of dining. +Thoughts are expressed in both verse and prose form. +Take this morsel by morsel. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +FIRST MORSEL +We wish an end to war with promises and hopes of peace. We wish for peace ,we +prepare for war. We threaten peace of others with war. We rouse ourselves with the +cry to arms. In peace or war we are restless. In peace we amuse ourselves by sparring +and wargames .In war we sing our lamentations of peace. +What are we ? A warlike race intent on keeping an empire with abundance .At the +same time advance in all directions with our might. +The horns of bulls are never far from another warring bull?s tips. When reins are +loosened, gates thrown wide ,beasts lunge forth and lock horns again. +Mars. Venus. Ares. Aphrodite. Their temples are extremes. We invoke their benison at +various stages of life. +Nature. Choice. Reason. They hatch outcome. We?re capable of breathing life force +and personify the two exorbitant passions. There is another passion but its sedateness +hardly qualifies it for that intense term. It is more an affliction. We are within range +of it too. This frigid indifference. + + +SECOND MORSEL +All will have their day. The thwarted, triumphant. The Gods ,their final say. All will +be, whatever they may be. What soothsayers are privy to ,what the oracle withholds. +The gods intervene, they alter destinies. It all rests on the will of the Being who wields +the armoury of Nature and reins of the universe. +Miltiades and Alexander crushed the might of armed Persian pride. Marathon and +Salamis undid Darius and Xerxes. +Patroclus wasn?t meant to sack Troy. Struck by Apollo, slain by Hector. +Menelaus could have slain Paris but his sword broke. Paris though defeated was +spared by Aphrodite who returned him to Trojan lines. +Pandarus? arrow injured Agamemnon . That one arrow aggravated the wounds of +Greeks. Troy was meant to fall . +Poseidon shielded Aeneas from the furious sword of Achilles. Rome was meant to be. + + +THIRD MORSEL +View of evening and morning are crowning achievements of nature?s light and +shadow play. The rest of the day is a hiatus between splendour. We need to live +through and endure the rest of it like life. Between glory and triumph, there are those +simple times which we seldom note or cherish. Times of neither sadness or gladness. +Existential. Not piquant vividness of acute alertness. + + + + + + + + + + + +FOURTH MORSEL +To bear the fruits of victory and to have the muscle of vanquished people, the state +has to continually nurture a nation of courageous loyal citizens. Conquest has to be +maintained, watched by ever vigilant sentries and keepers. The state neither needs +nor reveres idlers whose business is to indulge themselves in Bacchanalian excesses +on account of their ancestry to heroes of preceding generations. + +Lawmakers duel with wit, logic and words while the war machine duels with tools +of the army .Laws made or repealed as fearless scions fight for aspirations of a +greater state. +To safeguard the abundance of far flung regions brought for the enjoyment of the +homeland. Have the names of conquerors venerated by the conquered people. +Have kings, queens and chieftains of unknown lands pay tribute to the imperial +standard. + + +FIFTH MORSEL +Two friends. They talk of things past, of bets against each other. They laud things, +condemn a few and lampoon absurdities. +They try things out , chalk up mutual experiences .Argue in good humour. +They are both the core of their world. All else backdrops. There are friendships +which rival or surpass the closeness of blood relations. +Other lives about them are ambience to their drama of life. All that the world holds +enrich their learning. They have their own company to increase their happiness. +They help themselves and with relish exhaust the time granted. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +SIXTH MORSEL +Morning recedes. +Noon emerges. + +Up on the bridge ,the cobbled passage below, the sun nigh. Breeze blows mildly. +Dries noon swelter dry. A column on the march .At the outskirts of the garrison town, +clatter of horses, armed men of war and metal are accustomed sounds , +familiar sights. +Javelins high , tips glinting. Clear without scarlet stains of battle or rust of war. +Chins up. Feet in perfect stride. Sturdy steps in unison. +Bouncing blades , sheathed in their scabbards. Jangling armour as leather soles +stamp the stone tiled road. +Neighing mounts , tasselled reins, governed by their masters, they gallop obediently. +Shields glint. Their helmets of war inject ferocity to their visages. + +Meridian peaks. +Morn recedes. + +The proud standard borne by its bearer. Beast?s paws knotted at his chest. +Beast?s maw agape from the top of his helmet till rear curvature of his neck. +Fangs in line with temples. His cohorts , the horn blowers ride nearby. +The visibility and density of dyed tufts discern common soldier from centurion, +centurion from officer. +Red cloaks clasped and drape imperiously over backs of the empire?s officials. +Saddled snugly atop their mounts, towards destination ,advance. +To the horizon ,another outpost awaits them. Keeping their presence seen and +felt. Mere manoeuvres .Necessary routine. +Town square forums and resthouses. Aqueducts and baths of villas. They must forego +these comforts. They are duty bound for now. + +Daylight recedes. +Evening emerges. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +SEVENTH MORSEL + +Prosperity has many friends and many envious schemers who duck at blind corners . +Comrades and kin trumpet deeds . Generosity towards common masses too gains +favour .We?ll know it when the market place speak of none but the doer . +To detractors, motives are questioned unflaggingly . +Any hint of misdemeanour or misstep , the forum echoes with it with the zeal equalled +only by the homecoming of a victor crowned with honours except it?s ill distinction +and not exalted honour. +Whisperings at public baths , hastened steps towards or away from the object of their +speculation . +Some will speak well of them. Some will be too distant to know them well enough to +dislike or to be fond of with conviction sprung from familiarity. Prosperity puts a +person on different plain yet this dagger is just as sharp on both sides for the one is +also vulnerable to the critical eye of scrutiny. +Doubts, beliefs , suspicions and truths addled with syllables which make a name. +Common populace , will they choose to know the truth and live with the measure of +a human being or swallow myth and live with the flight of legend ? +That shall be determined by conduct , attainments , favourable circumstances and an +orator?s persuasive logic. + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +EIGHTH MORSEL + +Fear their leaders more than their faceless enemies . Guard the standard as if it were +one?s life .A source of pride to be defended. In all manner of weather or even in +peace +the play of battle fills the gap of idleness. +Hardened muscles are not to grow soft and feeble. + +Barbaric tribes of east and west. Threats to outer reaches of reign. There our +garrisons cannot rest their tools . Craggy mountains and treacherous forests are +home to nomadic tribes which live to hunt and plunder , wild like their wilderness +dwellings. +They have neither patience nor skill to cultivate the land. They are not of that ilk. + +Cities and orderliness are strange to them. They are curiosities amongst us .We are +game in their company. +They see our numbers and strength .They do not venture forth . An uneasy peace +simply broken by the party which is the first to charge , cry out and first to snatch +their arms out of their housing . + + + +NINTH MORSEL + +?Quot homines tot sententiae.? +So many people so many opinions. The voice of the leader slices across the +indiscernible chatter. All persuading , nobly commanding . A clear voice brings with +it a defined course. The rest obey , they lack the chief?s possessions. +?Qualis Rex talis grex?. Such is the leader , such is the people. +One?s virtues are taken note of .The most ardent admirers mold themselves to that +manner. What their leaders do and and do not. Whatever those venerated say or +withhold. There are imitators , emulators , travesty smiths. +Once in a while , one or a small band of them rise to remold status quo. A wave is +hatched and unleashed .It becomes an acceptable convention. +It is the manner of people that which is proven will be used till the spring is parched +or when something superior is offered and that offering tickles their longing. +Far easier to remain constant than alter a course. Given the disposition toward ease , +the well trodden tempts .Yet heed well that it is the passage of tribulation where the +coronet of glory and honour rests on the head of those who are uncowed .They shall +find that fame latches like their own skin to their name . + + + + + + + + + + + + TENTH MORSEL + +We who hold the torch +We must be patient +Decorum requires it +The pride of a legion +lives within its standard +one standard bearer bears +sacrament of cohorts + + +We who hold the torch +We must be patient +Decorum requires it +One official?s carriage +personifies the rest +one written inscription +ultimate seal of fate + + +We who hold the torch +We must be patient +Decorum requires it +Make way for those better +while we wait with patience +allow them the better seats +their merit exceed ours + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + ELEVENTH MORSEL + +I am not one to dispute the will of God , +divine will becomes our lot , +but I question the logic of some . +Foolish is the soul who enters the place , +who announces his innermost desires , +swears a gift in return , +should they be fulfilled , +by divine consent , +upon his earthly cares , +mortal souls have none to offer better , +than the rewards of paradise , +what are our trappings to heaven , +when it is God who grants ? +It is not worship or invocation , +it is a wager posed by hubris , +displace pomposity and affectation , +come in a penitent pose , +humility warrants attention , +or else snuff the lamp , +take the oil elsewhere . + + +I am not one to dispute the will of God , +divine will becomes our lot , +but I question the right of tyrants . +Charred cities after their sacking , +the cries of dependent humanity , +sent to feed searing flames , +the weak , meek and lame , +no daylight dawns again , +a winding trail of chains and clubs , +the gathered wounded ; conquered , +these tyrants do not govern , +they seize and consume their fill , +then hunger rumbles again , +they repeat their atrocities , +till the Fates pluck them . +For each tyrant reaped , +by droves victims precede them , +their number exceed sacrificial offerings , +made to appease wrathful spirits , +or custom of ceremony , +of a deity worshipped . + + + + +TWELFTH MORSEL + +Our moments of glory +a lifetime to remember +fair token of youth?s vigour + +Carve now before the die sets +while still new and pliable +when it dries your mark stays +hardened and nobly set +surpassing life of wilted crowns +a monument in your honour + +Our moments of glory +a lifetime to remember +come pay heed to youth?s prayer + +We won?t be here to bother +having surpassed such worries +earthborn to earth it goes +like Assyrian ruins +to those with merits deserving +God and kind Fortune preserve them + +Our moments of glory +a lifetime to remember +mementos of youth?s flower + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +THIRTEENTH MORSEL + +A peasant who wishes for more +changes his plough for arms +The army has loyal farmers +with absent fathers away far + +Children of empire?s troops +though honoured their father?s name +they hardly know the man well +though his name they proudly bear + +Years abroad have rendered fathers +estranged from families and friends +yet love and regard still remain +after gaps of years and distance + +A peasant who wishes for more +changes his plough for arms +fertile fields left idle +while we take grain from conquered lands + +For children whom fathers left +when they were too young to recall +esteem comes to their hearts prior +before the warmth of filial love + +At long last parted faces meet again +strange and familiar strange yet familiar +they rekindle ties and retell tidings +memories and previous habits return + +Fertile fields left idle +while we take grain from conquered lands +the army has its own farmers +with absent fathers battling far + +Families once again reunited +when warriors in togas turn civilians +their children venture and nestle gladly + + + + + + + + + + + + +FOURTEENTH MORSEL + +?De mortuis nil nisi bonum? +speak well of the departed +or else do not speak at all . +The now sacred departed +immune to our rebuke +rejoice with their memory. + +?De mortuis nil nisi bonum? +speak well of the departed +or else do not speak at all . +Allow their good part live on +they have gone beyond the gates +those whom we regard dearly. + + + + + + +FIFTEENTH MORSEL + +What draws us to oracles ? +Those structures where we worship , +The place where future unfolds , +For those who are uncertain , +Gripped by Trouble?s tentacles . + + +What draws us to oracles ? +Priests and priestesses reveal , +With omniscience in their being , +With eyes of the temple gods , +Free from earthly manacles . + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +SIXTEENTH MORSEL + +There is nothing loathsome , +in learning from others , +with elders and with peers , +we shared experiences , +treasures of our youth , +amusing in retrospect . + +It is the matter?s worth +the source dictates not choice +progress comes not from disdain +to live we nourish the form +to advance we emulate +the source dictates not choice +It is the matter?s worth + +If they should enrich us , +ennoble the manner , +magnify happiness , +increase our contentment , +in learning from others , +there is nothing loathsome . + + +SEVENTEENTH MORSEL + +For common good and for own glory +a seat in the senate +For common cause and own aspirations +a seat in the senate +For power over destinies for by themselves they'll drown +a seat in the senate +For a hand in fate and privilege to avert a few unpleasantries +a seat in the senate +For the pristine tunic and the challenge to keep it unsoiled +a seat in the senate +For rhetoric comes with quandaries of office +a seat in the senate +The toga is equal in prestige with the weight of armour +a seat in the senate + + + + + + + + +EIGHTEENTH MORSEL + +Arena gladiators +with their lives amuse us +liberty bought with blood +the last one is set free. + +Slaves of silver mines +they crawl in tunnels dark +they live with the terror +of cave-ins and landslides . + +Privilege of victory +marked by thriving slavery +of people subjugated. + +The nameless galley slaves +unpaid naval oarsmen +chained to oars in battle +live or drown with the ship. + +Slaves who serve the household +by bonded servitude +are bound to their masters +for their food and lodging. + +Our state's territory +with empire's history +adorned with places conquered. + + + + NINETEENTH MORSEL + +PORTION I + +callow upstarts +those who dare advise +hindrances to them + +callow upstarts +heedless of counsel +unfelled by the mace +uncut by the blade +young and rash + +callow upstarts +they shall not avert +except the obvious + + +PORTION II + +To the philosopher +thoughts and writings +are his close friends +he sees to needs +he then dotes on +work and study + +To the philosopher +thoughts and writings +are his dear friends +exile?s release +from sycophants +wary of him + + + TWENTIETH MORSEL + +Emotion in the thick of bandying +Eloquence is reduced to instinct +The will to survive repeats in mind +Asserts itself amidst the bedlam +Barbaric ululations and cries +Enemy?s breath and blows on the flesh +Attack..defend..retaliate..avenge +Advance..retreat..encircle..scatter +There is no room to mourn the fallen +While in the midst of war?s grim reaping +Those destined to live long and see much +Shall live and thrive long after youth?s bloom . + + +TWENTY FIRST MORSEL + +One class wash clothing +inside common pools +with scent and reek of others? 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We wish for peace ,we prepare for war. We threaten peace of others with war. We rouse ourselves with the cry to arms. In peace or war we are restless. In peace we amuse ourselves by sparring and warg +ames .In war we sing our lamentations of peace. +\par What are we ? A warlike race intent on keeping an empire with abundance .At the same time advance in all directions with our might. +\par The horns of bulls are never far from another warring bull\rquote s tips. When reins are loosened, gates thrown wide ,beasts lunge forth and lock horns again. +\par Mars. Venus. Ares. Aphrodite. Their temples are extremes. We invoke their benison at +\par various stages of life. +\par Nature. Choice. Reason. They hatch outcome. We\rquote re capable of breathing l +ife force and personify the two exorbitant passions. There is another passion but its sedateness hardly qualifies it for that intense term. It is more an affliction. We are within range of it too. This frigid indifference. +\par +\par }{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 SECOND MORSEL}{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 }{\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par All will have their day. The thwarted, triumphant. The Gods ,their final say. All will be, whatever they may be. What soothsayers are privy to ,what the oracle withholds. +\par The gods intervene, they alter destinies. It all rests on the will of the Being who wields the armoury of Nature and reins of the universe. +\par Miltiades and Alexander crushed the might of armed Persian pride. Marathon and Salamis undid Darius and Xerxes. +\par Patroclus wasn\rquote t meant to sack Troy. Struck by Apollo, slain by Hector. +\par Menelaus could have slain Paris but his sword broke. Paris though defeated was spared by Aphrodite who returned him to Trojan lines. +\par Pandarus\rquote arrow injured Agamemnon . That one arrow aggravated the wounds of +\par Greeks. Troy was meant to fall . +\par Poseidon shielded Aeneas from the furious sword of Achilles. Rome was meant to be. +\par +\par }{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 THIRD MORSEL}{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 View of evening and morning are crowning achievements of nature\rquote s light and shadow play. The rest of the day is a hiatus between splendour. We need to live through and endure the r +est of it like life. Between glory and triumph, there are those simple times which we seldom note or cherish. Times of neither sadness or gladness. Existential. Not piquant vividness of acute alertness. +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }{\b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 FOURTH MORSEL}{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 To bear the fruits of vic +tory and to have the muscle of vanquished people, the state has to continually nurture a nation of courageous loyal citizens. Conquest has to be maintained, watched by ever vigilant sentries and keepers. The state neither needs nor reveres idlers whose b +usiness is to indulge themselves in Bacchanalian excesses on account of their ancestry to heroes of preceding generations. +\par +\par Lawmakers duel with wit, logic and words while the war machine duels with tools +\par of the army .Laws made or repealed as fearless scions fight for aspirations of a greater state. +\par To safeguard the abundance of far flung regions brought for the enjoyment of the homeland. Have the names of conquerors venerated by the conquered people. +\par Have kings, queens and chieftains of unknown lands pay tribute to the imperial +\par standard. +\par +\par }{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 FIFTH MORSEL}{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 Two friends. They talk of things past, of bets against each other. They laud things, condemn a few and lampoon absurdities. +\par They try things out , chalk up mutual experiences .Argue in good humour. +\par They are both the core of their world. All else backdrops. There are friendships +\par which rival or surpass the closeness of blood relations. +\par Other lives about them are ambience to their drama of life. All that the world holds +\par enrich their learning. They have their own company to increase their happiness. +\par They help themselves and with relish exhaust the time granted.}{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par SIXTH MORSEL}{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 }{\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par Morning recedes. +\par Noon emerges. +\par +\par Up on the bridge ,the cobbled passage below, the sun nigh. Breeze blows mildly. +\par Dries noon swelter dry. A column on the march .At the outskirts of the garrison town, clatter of horses, armed men of war and metal are accustomed sounds , +\par familiar sights. +\par Javelins high , tips glinting. Clear without scarlet stains of battle or rust of war. +\par Chins up. Feet in perfect stride. Sturdy steps in unison. +\par Bouncing blades , sheathed in their scabbards. Jangling armour as leather soles +\par stamp the stone tiled road. +\par Neighing mounts , tasselled reins, governed by their masters, they gallop obediently. +\par Shields glint. Their helmets of war inject ferocity to their visages. +\par +\par Meridian peaks. +\par Morn recedes. +\par +\par The proud standard borne by its bearer. Beast\rquote s paws knotted at his chest. +\par Beast\rquote s maw agape from the top of his helmet till rear curvature of his neck. +\par Fangs in line with temples. His cohorts , the horn blowers ride nearby. +\par The visibility and density of dyed tufts discern common soldier from centurion, +\par centurion from officer. +\par Red cloaks clasped and drape imperiously over backs of the empire\rquote s officials. Saddled snugly atop their mounts, towards destination ,advance. +\par To the horizon ,another outpost awaits them. Keeping their presence seen and +\par felt. Mere manoeuvres .Necessary routine. +\par Town square forums and resthouses. Aqueducts and baths of villas. They must forego +\par these comforts. They are duty bound for now. +\par +\par Daylight recedes. +\par Evening emerges. +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 SEVENTH MORSEL}{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 }{\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par Prosperity has many friends and many envious schemers who duck at blind corners . +\par Comrades and kin trumpet deeds . Generosity towards common masses too gains favour .We\rquote ll know it when the market place speak of none but the doer . +\par To detractors, motives are questioned unflaggingly . +\par Any hint of misdemeanour or misstep , the forum echoes with it with the zeal equalled +\par only by the homecoming of a victor crowned with honours except it\rquote s ill distinction +\par and not exalted honour. +\par Whisperings at public baths , hastened steps towards or away from the object of their +\par speculation . +\par Some will speak well of them. Some will be too distant to know them well enough to +\par dislike or to be fond of with conviction sprung from familiarity. Prosperity puts a +\par person on different plain yet this dagger is just as sharp on both sides for the one is +\par also vulnerable to the critical eye of scrutiny. +\par Doubts, beliefs , suspicions and truths addled with syllables which make a name. +\par Common populace , will they choose to know the truth and live with the measure of +\par a human being or swallow myth and live with the flight of legend ? +\par That shall be determined by conduct , attainments , favourable circumstances and an orator\rquote s persuasive logic. +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\b\i\fs144\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 EIGHTH MORSEL}{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }{\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 Fear their leaders more than their faceless enemies . Guard the standard as if it were +\par one\rquote s life .A source of pride to be defended. In all manner of weather or even in peace +\par the play of battle fills the gap of idleness. +\par Hardened muscles are not to grow soft and feeble. +\par +\par Barbaric tribes of east and west. Threats to outer reaches of reign. There our garrisons cannot rest their tools . Craggy mountains and treacherous forests are home to nomadic tribes which live to hunt and plunder , wild like their wilderness dwellings. + +\par They have neither patience nor skill to cultivate the land. They are not of that ilk. +\par +\par Cities and orderliness are strange to them. They are curiosities amongst us .We are game in their company. +\par They see our numbers and strength .They do not venture forth . An uneasy peace +\par simply broken by the party which is the first to charge , cry out and first to snatch their arms out of their housing . +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\b\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 NINTH MORSEL}{\i\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }{\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 \'93Quot homines tot sententiae.\'94 +\par So many people so many opinions. The voice of the leader slices across the indiscernible chatter. All persuading , nobly commanding . A clear voice brings with it a defined course. The rest obey , they lack the chief\rquote s possessions. +\par \'93Qualis Rex talis grex\'94. Such is the leader , such is the people. +\par One\rquote s virtues are taken note of .The most ardent admirers mold themselves to that manner. What their leaders do and and do not. Whatever those venerated say or withhold. There are imitators , emulators , travesty smiths. +\par Once in a while , one or a small band of them rise to remold status quo. A wave is hatched and unleashed .It becomes an acceptable convention. +\par It is the manner of people that which is proven will be used till the spring is parched +\par or when something superior is offered and that offering tickles their longing. +\par Far easier to remain constant than alter a course. Given the disposition toward ease , the well trodden tempts .Yet heed well that it is the passage of tribulation where the +\par coronet of glory and honour rests on the head of those who are uncowed .They shall +\par find that fame latches like their own skin to their name . +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li2160\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin2160\itap0 {\insrsid3034094 }{\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 TENTH MORSEL}{\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par We who hold the torch +\par We must be patient +\par Decorum requires it +\par The pride of a legion +\par lives within its standard +\par one standard bearer bears +\par sacrament of cohorts +\par +\par +\par We who hold the torch +\par We must be patient +\par Decorum requires it +\par One official\rquote s carriage +\par personifies the rest +\par one written inscription +\par ultimate seal of fate +\par +\par +\par We who hold the torch +\par We must be patient +\par Decorum requires it +\par Make way for those better +\par while we wait with patience +\par allow them the better seats +\par their merit exceed ours +\par +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li2160\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin2160\itap0 {\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 ELEVENTH MORSEL +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\fs24\insrsid3034094 I am not one to dispute the will of God , +\par divine will becomes our lot , +\par but I question the logic of some . +\par Foolish is the soul who enters the place , +\par who announces his innermost desires , +\par swears a gift in return , +\par should they be fulfilled , +\par by divine consent , +\par upon his earthly cares , +\par mortal souls have none to offer better , +\par than the rewards of paradise , +\par what are our trappings to heaven , +\par when it is God who grants ? +\par It is not worship or invocation , +\par it is a wager posed by hubris , +\par displace pomposity and affectation , +\par come in a penitent pose , +\par humility warrants attention , +\par or else snuff the lamp , +\par take the oil elsewhere . +\par +\par +\par I am not one to dispute the will of God , +\par divine will becomes our lot , +\par but I question the right of tyrants . +\par Charred cities after their sacking , +\par the cries of dependent humanity , +\par sent to feed searing flames , +\par the weak , meek and lame , +\par no daylight dawns again , +\par a winding trail of chains and clubs , +\par the gathered wounded ; conquered , +\par these tyrants do not govern , +\par they seize and consume their fill , +\par then hunger rumbles again , +\par they repeat their atrocities , +\par till the Fates pluck them . +\par For each tyrant reaped , +\par by droves victims precede them , +\par their number exceed sacrificial offerings , +\par made to appease wrathful spirits , +\par or custom of ceremony , +\par of a deity worshipped . }{\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par TWELFTH MORSEL +\par +\par }{\fs24\insrsid3034094 Our moments of glory +\par a lifetime to remember +\par fair token of youth\rquote s vigour +\par +\par Carve now before the die sets +\par while still new and pliable +\par when it dries your mark stays +\par hardened and nobly set +\par surpassing life of wilted crowns +\par a monument in your honour +\par +\par Our moments of glory +\par a lifetime to remember +\par come pay heed to youth\rquote s prayer +\par +\par We won\rquote t be here to bother +\par having surpassed such worries +\par earthborn to earth it goes +\par like Assyrian ruins +\par to those with merits deserving +\par God and kind Fortune preserve them +\par +\par Our moments of glory +\par a lifetime to remember +\par mementos of youth\rquote s flower +\par +\par +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\b\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par THIRTEENTH MORSEL +\par }{\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par A peasant who wishes for more +\par changes his plough for arms +\par The army has loyal farmers +\par with absent fathers away far +\par +\par Children of empire\rquote s troops +\par though honoured their father\rquote s name +\par they hardly know the man well +\par though his name they proudly bear +\par +\par Years abroad have rendered fathers +\par estranged from families and friends +\par yet love and regard still remain +\par after gaps of years and distance +\par +\par A peasant who wishes for more +\par changes his plough for arms +\par fertile fields left idle +\par while we take grain from conquered lands +\par +\par For children whom fathers left +\par when they were too young to recall +\par esteem comes to their hearts prior +\par before the warmth of filial love +\par +\par At long last parted faces meet again +\par strange and familiar strange yet familiar +\par they rekindle ties and retell tidings +\par memories and previous habits return +\par +\par Fertile fields left idle +\par while we take grain from conquered lands +\par the army has its own farmers +\par with absent fathers battling far +\par +\par Families once again reunited +\par when warriors in togas turn civilians +\par their children venture and nestle gladly +\par +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }{\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 FOURTEENTH MORSEL +\par }{\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par \'93De mortuis nil nisi bonum\'94 +\par speak well of the departed +\par or else do not speak at all . +\par The now sacred departed +\par immune to our rebuke +\par rejoice with their memory. +\par +\par \'93De mortuis nil nisi bonum\'94 +\par speak well of the departed +\par or else do not speak at all . +\par Allow their good part live on +\par they have gone beyond the gates +\par those whom we regard dearly. +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 FIFTEENTH MORSEL}{\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par What draws us to oracles ? +\par Those structures where we worship , +\par The place where future unfolds , +\par For those who are uncertain , +\par Gripped by Trouble\rquote s tentacles . +\par +\par +\par What draws us to oracles ? +\par Priests and priestesses reveal , +\par With omniscience in their being , +\par With eyes of the temple gods , +\par Free from earthly manacles . +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par }\pard \ql \fi270\li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par }{\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par +\par SIXTEENTH MORSEL}{\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par There is nothing loathsome , +\par in learning from others , +\par with elders and with peers , +\par we shared experiences , +\par treasures of our youth , +\par amusing in retrospect . +\par +\par It is the matter\rquote s worth +\par the source dictates not choice +\par progress comes not from disdain +\par to live we nourish the form +\par to advance we emulate +\par the source dictates not choice +\par It is the matter\rquote s worth +\par +\par If they should enrich us , +\par ennoble the manner , +\par magnify happiness , +\par increase our contentment , +\par in learning from others , +\par there is nothing loathsome . +\par +\par +\par }{\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 SEVENTEENTH MORSEL +\par +\par }{\fs24\insrsid3034094 For common good and for own glory +\par a seat in the senate +\par For common cause and own aspirations +\par a seat in the senate +\par For power over destinies for by themselves they'll drown +\par a seat in the senate +\par For a hand in fate and privilege to avert a few unpleasantries +\par a seat in the senate +\par For the pristine tunic and the challenge to keep it unsoiled +\par a seat in the senate +\par For rhetoric comes with quandaries of office +\par a seat in the senate +\par The toga is equal in prestige with the weight of armour +\par a seat in the senate}{\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par +\par EIGHTEENTH MORSEL +\par +\par }{\fs24\insrsid3034094 Arena gladiators +\par with their lives amuse us +\par liberty bought with blood +\par the last one is set free. +\par +\par Slaves of silver mines +\par they crawl in tunnels dark +\par they live with the terror +\par of cave-ins and landslides . +\par +\par Privilege of victory +\par marked by thriving slavery +\par of people subjugated. +\par +\par The nameless galley slaves +\par unpaid naval oarsmen +\par chained to oars in battle +\par live or drown with the ship. +\par +\par Slaves who serve the household +\par by bonded servitude +\par are bound to their masters +\par for their food and lodging. +\par +\par Our state's territory +\par with empire's history +\par adorned with places conquered. +\par +\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\i\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par +\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li2160\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin2160\itap0 {\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 NINETEENTH MORSEL}{\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\fs24\insrsid3034094 +\par PORTION I +\par +\par callow upstarts +\par those who dare advise +\par hindrances to them +\par +\par callow upstarts +\par heedless of counsel +\par unfelled by the mace +\par uncut by the blade +\par young and rash +\par +\par callow upstarts +\par they shall not avert +\par except the obvious +\par +\par +\par PORTION II +\par +\par To the philosopher +\par thoughts and writings +\par are his close friends +\par he sees to needs +\par he then dotes on +\par work and study +\par +\par To the philosopher +\par thoughts and writings +\par are his dear friends +\par exile\rquote s release +\par from sycophants +\par wary of him +\par +\par +\par }\pard \ql \fi720\li2160\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin2160\itap0 {\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 TWENTIETH MORSEL +\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\nooverflow\faroman\rin0\lin0\itap0 {\b\fs24\ul\insrsid3034094 +\par }{\fs24\insrsid3034094 Emotion in the thick of bandying +\par Eloquence is reduced to instinct +\par The will to survive repeats in mind +\par Asserts itself amidst the bedlam +\par Barbaric ululations and cries +\par Enemy\rquote s breath and blows on the flesh +\par Attack..defend..retaliate..avenge +\par Advance..retreat..encircle..scatter +\par There is no room to mourn the fallen +\par While in the midst of war\rquote s grim reaping +\par Those destined to live long and see much +\par Shall live 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