the forests of the night,
Alexandria at its height,
civilized savages,
the Black Plague's ravages,
the rebirth of science and art,
and how it falls apart.
He has seen
people bought and sold,
massacres for gold,
and victims untold;
gods and goddesses alike,
a naked woman on a bike.
He has known
the joy of love,
the power of a kiss,
but in all of history's range,
never a time more strange
than this,
than this.
Text and image © 2019 by Donald Jacobson Traxler.
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