The journey
The animals were treated better.
The oxen got fed and regular stops.
Halts made at streams for them to
drink. Now one pair of oxen were
treated even better. A royal prince
had taken their place in the yoke.
That shameful collar around his neck
a symbol of what they thought of him.
The iron spikes embedded in it only
represented the depths to which he
had sunk. Impaled on the spikes to
which the gods had seen him fall.
Philippe Lerandonneur
2021-11-05 16:04:23 +0000 UTC