Life was peaceful
on the Tiber.
No one feared
asbestos fiber.
Romans built the
Appian Way
without advice
from E. P. A.
No Ralph Nader
going on a
crusade for safety.
Pax Romana.
Caligula
was quite a pain
but didn't have
an acid reign.
No immigrants,
advised the omens,
and no hyphen-
ated Romans.
Terrorists in
distant regions—
dealt with swiftly
by the Legions.
Rome eternal.
Why so great?
Was no welfare
city-state.
Roman women
caused no strife.
Knew their place
like Caesar's wife
Let Nero fiddle,
Cicero strum.
as Romans dump in
Mare Nostrum.
Goths and Vandals
made their grim pact
without environ-
mental impact.
have you stumped?
Let’s just say that
you’ve been Trumped.
Edmund Conti is a reformed litterbug (excepting of the poetry landscape).