some Ides poetry



I used to raise my discus

up high from down below–

I’d climb Dumont Olympus,

my temple of I/O.


Like Ganymede you seized me,

abducted from my home:

The ultimate Greek tragedy,

to be replaced by Rome.


You split yourself to rule us

Two tyrants, side by side

You gave us Beard and Circuits

but neither satisfied.


And still I used to trust you

And still my trust was used;

When most we lacked your guidance

You left us only Clu’s.


And now I fall like Icarus

and know you both are gone–

in unison, your hubris,

deep down, cries: Et tu, Tron?