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    Praetor's Lunch
    Praetor's Lunch
    Praetor's Lunch
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    Praetor's Lunch

    By Dom

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Praetor's Lunch - Dom

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      Title: Praetor's Lunch

      Author: Dom

      Posting Date: August 21, 2012 [EBook #5766] Release Date: May, 2004 First Posted: July 1, 2002

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PRAETOR'S LUNCH ***

      Copyright (C) 2002 by L.M. Wong

      Dommy dominaeprimus@yahoo.com

      PRAETOR'S LUNCH

      By DOM

      The ancient magistrate is having lunch at noon and these are

      our attempts at capturing his thoughts in the midst of dining.

      Thoughts are expressed in both verse and prose form.

      Take this morsel by morsel.

      FIRST MORSEL We wish an end to war with promises and hopes of peace. We wish for peace ,we prepare for war. We threaten peace of others with war. We rouse ourselves with the cry to arms. In peace or war we are restless. In peace we amuse ourselves by sparring and wargames .In war we sing our lamentations of peace. What are we ? A warlike race intent on keeping an empire with abundance .At the same time advance in all directions with our might. The horns of bulls are never far from another warring bull?s tips. When reins are loosened, gates thrown wide ,beasts lunge forth and lock horns again. Mars. Venus. Ares. Aphrodite. Their temples are extremes. We invoke their benison at various stages of life. Nature. Choice. Reason. They hatch outcome. We?re capable of

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