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Rated: E · Poetry · History · #2344468

Archimedes was 78 when Roman soldiers came into Syracuse.

Do not lay
Siege
On his sand circles,
Roman soldier,
Feed him chords and choruses, rhymes and songs,
And let him not bleed today.

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