Poet.
President of the Republic.
Made use of his first term
to prolong the second.
Founded the library
of gutted works.
His memorial.
Alchemist turning gold
into lead. Maker of
scarecrows. His mark
a black circle giving off
darkness. He recalls
the people hissed Crowjack
Crowjack, his name
on the itchy boulevards
of the city as they burned
his effigy and with him
all the books by him
collected from the ancient
kingdom, each one
in one place stamped
with his spidery logo.
Proclaimed God is an ant
but which one. Patented
wheel & fire since
no one had. Was
‘a gentle fool’ & spent
years writing the longest
sentence in Christendom.
Forced from office
some held him as others
burned down the library.
Or was it he in pique
fired it with petrol bombs?
A question for history,
and who writes it.
Either way it burned.
He picks up the pieces.