Body Count

Of impalers and mass graves

"She's got a curvy little body 

And the cutest little pout 

She's got two thousand Facebook friends 

And Elizabeth Báthory's body count." 

"He's got an easy smile, potent with guile; 

See how he puts himself about! 

He's got two dozen Tinder matches 

And a Genghis Khan body count." 

Historians, sit around, counting 

The spoils of other people's lives 

Michal demands as dowry 

The foreskins of the Philistines

Reviews

[Terpsichore]

Interesting poem. First two verses reflect (for me,) the superficial ways of today, that only serve as a mask, beneath which nothing much about instinct and the human condition has really changed. We still have our impalers and our predators and the reference to Samuel 18:25 in the third stanza is quite inspirational. Better I suppose 100 foreskins than the heads of 600.

Great read T