Ovis Idulis

Perhaps 

you are leading me

along the Via Sacra

in order to give me

to the gods

even in my innocence 

I can tell that 

something 

is going on 

as the year ends

Anna Perenna 

turns the cloth of her 

garments to celebrate

the turning 

for her festival 

we’ve been picnicking 

and drinking

under the trees

and in the streets

before our 

revelry we must

settle our debts 

and pay the price 

for our decisions 

the moon is full

and before long 

we’ll be covering the 

altars with blood 

in the Arx

the citadel

on the northern spur

of the hill. 

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