Big Boy 成吉思汗

            Big Boy

           成吉思汗

We don’t consider Genghis Khan, except

In Ulaanbaatar.  Mongols carved his form

In limestone on a hillside.   They have swept

Aside his murders( from his raging storm

Across the continent).  Instead they make

A sentimental image of a horse

And conqueror to trick us into fake

Respect because the sculpture has the force

Of hugeness.  This equestrian pretense,

…..

The largest mount ever, is supposed to

Distract us from the slaughtering’s blood offense

And dull us to all we are opposed to.

His empire was the largest ever known.

Big bad stuff grows when boys get overblown.