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Coflict! Resolution! ...and a Moral.
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Some tongue-in-cheek versions of a couple of incidents from the annals of ancient history.


(1) Conflict…

Dear old Julius Caesar was a very well known Roman.
Who, while in Britain long ago, went Roamin' In the Gloamin',
And there in deep reflection, battle weary and quite stonkered,
He wrote that cute immortal phrase, “I came, I saw, I conquered!”

Now Socrates on the other hand created quite a stink,
Upset the Greek establishment teaching young folk how to think.
The powers-that-be felt threatened by this *ideas revolution*
So they ended it by giving him a practical solution.

(2) Resolution…

Then Caesar filled with hubris retraced his steps to home ,
To be greeted wildly by the folks way back in sunny Rome.
In fact their fervour led them on to offer Jules a crown;
But Brutus and his Bovver Boys scotched plans and put him down!

And Socrates? The record shows (according to friend Plato)The City Fathers had in store a very hot potato:
The solution that they handed him was one of civic malice
In the form of deadly hemlock in a sexy golden chalice.

(3)Moral:

Every conflict has a resolution, but it’s not always the best solution!
 

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 Reviews of "Coflict! Resolution! ...and a Moral."
Reviewed by Lori Moore
Reviewed on May 9, 2004
Great write. History is my first academic love. Thanks for the laugh!

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on October 17, 2003
This struck my funny bone. Thanks for the smile.

Reviewed by Elizabeth Taylor (Reader)
Reviewed on April 26, 2003
Brilliant !!!

Reviewed on April 26, 2003
Excellent write Patrick! I really enjoyed this story of a poem! - both the story and the rhymes!

Sandie Angel :o) a.k.a. May Lu $*_*$

Reviewed by Katy Walsvik (Reader)
Reviewed on April 26, 2003
Oh joy! Oh rapture! This is absolutely pouring with cool rhyme/rhythm and song! hehe.. You, sir, have the death grip on hilarity, but far more importantly, a wonderful ability to let your story roll along.. my toe was tapping.. my head was bobbing.. and my head was giggling.. you have proven for us all that poetry DOES have a place in humor.. I have always known it.. I completely enjoyed this, Patrick. katy..

Reviewed by Regina Pounds
Reviewed on April 26, 2003
Exquisite!

Missed you, Patrick...
Thanks for the smiles here.
Gina


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