The Fall

 
Dr Strangelove
at the helm
Darth Vader
by his side
 

Frankenstein
skulking in the wings
O the Gods do
but arride!
 

Gluttony long
Their Holy Grail
Greed, living
by the Sword
 

Goliaths bow
To Davids when
the Mighty Mouse
hath Roared
 
*
 
Time has come
the Augurs say
To sing of
banishings

 
Exit Brigands
And  Privateers
With other such
vanishings
 
*
 
Caligula’s at the helm
Dracula by his side
In Free Fall
and Deep Decline:

Empire  ships out
with the Tide
 

[© R.Kanth 2018] 
 

Professor Rajani Kanth, is Author of Coda, A Day in the Life, and Expiations