Coup d’état to reason.
Julius Caesar’s fire in Alexandria¹.
Yell infidels offering myself to the
spears as Constantino².
Demolish all bridges in Florence but the Vecchio³.
Embark to Lepanto on tenterhooks⁴.
Capitulate Lucca to Napoleon⁵.
Surrender all weapons in Sevastopol⁶.
Tremble with fear at the first
row against Atila⁷.
Succumb to the unreasonableness
of seeing you Emilia at this bar.
Love you and desired you.
Wild omnipotent⁸ Romanian.

¹ Burning of the Library at Alexandria by Julius Caesar 48 a.c.
² Death of Constantine XI last Byzantine emperor May 29, 1493.
³ German retreat of Florence 4 August 1944..
⁴ Battle of Lepanto, October 7, 1571.
⁵ Lucca is conquered by Napoleon , 1805
⁶ Battle of Sebastopol between Germany and Russia , 1942.
⁷ Atila is defeated at the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains, 451.
⁸ I gave you my trust.

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