Thou urn of Gods, Holy Grail, cornucopia
Of learning and poetry harking back to
Athenium.
Thou born of wars of Thermopylae and battle
of Platea
Fierce battles that raged in seas of
Artemisium.
Thou art bankrupt, now begging for succour
from Germany
Can’t believe this fate has fallen on the
country of Herodotus.
Failed state, basket case they say of thy finances
What happened to the vanquishers of the
army of mighty Darius?
Stories of thy valour and munificence there
are many,
Narratives sprung from Epistles lacking in
nuances.
Dost thou have no money to pay thy
pensioners?
Have thou no resources to manage thy historic
debts?
What of the poor and destitute and thy farmers?
Dost thou have money to pay thy commanders
and cadets?
Thy combined forces under Leonidas defeated
Persia,
Routed the navy of Persians under thy
warrior Themistocles.
Athens and Sparta were once thy prosperous
kingdoms,
Wisdom was once disbursed by thy son the great
Socrates.
Thou could have created a mighty empire
throughout Asia,
Yet thou were satisfied to lord over thine own
fiefdoms.
Yes we have heard of the great Agamemnon and
Helen,
Sure we have read about the great warrior
Achilles.
But, today, world economy is dominated by
Janet Yellen
And the men who work in the White Houses on
Capitol Hills.
Did you forget you were the world’s first
democracy?
Or, did you forget your ancestors’ great
history?
Have you forgotten Achilles’ fury over death
of Patroclus,
As told by Homer in Iliad, your grandest
story?
If you don’t think this is all myth-making
and hypocrisy?
Then go to Germany and Europe and settle
your dues.
