For the Tempus-Fugitives by Christopher Norris

Author:Christopher Norris [Norris, Christopher]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781782844327
Publisher: International Specialized Book Services
Published: 2017-04-08T16:00:00+00:00

Your name nor call down vengeance from the sky

For our dishonor though you set ablaze

The pyre of calumny on which we die.

Archilochus:

It wasn’t you, Neobule, but your

Kid-sister I was screwing, so just quit

This endless litany of woe. What’s more,

Your father all along connived at it,

Said you were old enough to know the score

And wouldn’t take much urging to remit

Your nuptial rights. But, girl, should you ignore

The call of duty and give us some shit

About lost reputation or implore

The gods to punish me as you see fit

Then just be clear, I’ll wipe the fucking floor

With you lot so you’ll never know what hit

Your dwindling clan. Tell Dad and tell that whore,

Your sister, they’re just nincompoops who bit

Off more than they could chew that day they swore

They’d drag me through the dirt and dare to pit

Their tale against mine in this phony war

For hearts and minds. The trouble with close-knit

Families and sibling bonds is how they store

Up grievances that may start out legit

(Like yours, let’s face it) but become a bore

When it’s required that everyone submit

To having the complainants daily pour

Their sorrows out till listeners either split

Or split their sides. That old esprit de corps

May once have been a handy piece of kit

When family names were still worth fighting for,

But what’s the point when a mere touch of wit

Can puncture noble pedigrees galore

And one lewd epigram from some new skit

Of mine on wings of satire can outsoar

The highest dignities? A moonlight flit

Will save my skin if your lot should deplore,

And prosecute my stuff, but if you slit

Your throat right now then all their talk of law

Won’t heal the wound.

Let me write your obit:

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