1608, 2010

Waiting for the Barbarians- Poets.org – Poetry, Poems, Bios & More

Pete/ August 16, 2010/ Uncategorized/ 0 comments

Waiting for the Barbarians by C. P. Cavafy translated by Edmund Keeley What are we waiting for, assembled in the forum? The barbarians are due here today. Why isn’t anything going on in the senate? Why are the senators sitting there without legislating? Because the barbarians are coming today. What’s the point of senators making laws now? Once the barbarians are here, they’ll do the legislating. Why did our emperor

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