Costumed Judgment
Modern poetry modern verse contemporary poetry contemporary verse
The royalty and myths and heroes of
Those eras far removed in masked up time
Produced the primal tragedies. The love
In them, the hate, and motives for each crime
Are seen immortal—or undying for
As long as animosities endure.
The gods laugh up above. The poets pour
Out scorn through mouths of actors. Only pure,
Purged, scalding truths will serve the writers’ needs.
As, in refining fires the facts about
The human hulk against eternal creeds
Are shown, the audiences have to shout.
The pitiless rise up. They rise and stamp
And yell. Tragedy slams, a moral clamp.
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