Golden Guys
“sneer of cold command”
Young Alexander conquers most of known
Harsh kingdoms, harshly. Now we ask, “So what?”
So what if his brutality has grown
A realm that Ozymandias could not
Have dreamed of? Each one was a clot of vile
And vicious violence of ancient times.
Think. Why should we remember them? Why rile
Respect for brute barbarians, their crimes?
This Alexander drags a living man
Behind the royal chariot and kills

Him thus. It’s hard to think how someone can
Be cruel like that, to give himself such thrills.
Now Putin, Xi and Trump are just as cold
And MAGA thinks, “24-carat gold!”
© Phillip Whidden 
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