Hemlock

John McChord

Is your cup final?

How strange, you should wait to die

Yet in it's waiting chose the hemlock

Atrophy cursed your body but never the mind

Should Plato pass your teachings

Or Xanthippe immortalize the Noble end

We deserve damnation for exiling the first thinker

Socrates, father to thought, martyr of God

  • Author: J M (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 30th, 2019 21:38
  • Category: Unclassified
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