His Contemporaries


(Click here to follow Pavel's ongoing epic poem “The Shoulder of the Sun.” You may visit Pavel's website at http://www.greyowlpress.com.)


by Pavel Chichikov

Inside the fish they find a coin

Imperial argent, mint, full weight,

Tiberio, SPQR

Reverse is Roma shown in state,

Strange to find this in a haul

Especially a one-fish trawl

The prophet has a sense of humor

Eating fish he spits a bone:

“Finders losers, cough it up,

Freely given not a loan”

Mouth of masticated bread

Sunburnt features turning red

No spook or sour sermoner

(It takes good wind to climb those hills),

Even though the son of God

He keeps a fish to pay His bills

Pays for others when they're broke,

Good fellow ready with a joke

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