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A NOD TO NERO

by Bill Kochman

https://www.billkochman.com/Poetry

08-27-2019

They say that history repeats itself,
Sadly, it seems that it may be true,
If you were a Christian in Nero’s day,
You would’ve found yourself in a stew.

Crazed Nero desired to rebuild Rome,
So a most devious plan he did conspire,
To make room for his construction plans,
He ordered that the city be set on fire.

How to do it without getting caught,
So they would not cast on him the blame,
There was a sect called the Christians,
And those gents Nero began to defame.

They don’t even worship our Roman gods,
And even eat human flesh and drink blood,
Thus it was with his false accusations,
Nero dragged their name through the mud.

The lie caught on and persecution began,
The Christians were hated and crucified,
Though they were not guilty of the crime,
Yet still many of those good folks died.

Today the very same ploy has been used,
In which sinners have taken the reins,
They accuse us of hatred and bigotry,
To slander us they’ll go to great pains.

But just like Nero, they are the guilty,
Because they rebel against God’s Laws,
They paint us as homophobes and worse,
But they surely do it without just cause.