The Emperor's Old Clothes Poem by Laurence Overmire
The Emperor's Old Clothes
Constantine
Fearing
His absolute power threatened
Murdered
His wife and son
Conveniently
With the swipe of an
Outstretched
Finger:
The Christian Emperor
Whose shining example
Struck upon the mind
With the force of a conquering
Visionary
Lorded upon generations of
Wide-eyed children
Unquestioning
Belief in the right of
Divine Earthly
Kings.
(Previously published in The Potomac, Dec 2006)
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