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Modern Napoleon

by Erik Jensen

I thought I figured out the grand strategy,
the method behind the man-myth I know.
He is a giant trapped in a unassuming body,
a God burdened with temporary corporal existence.
He conquers golf courses like minor fiefdoms,
speaks law like it was just champagne musings.
But here’s the thing - today, I noticed the first
cracks in the fresco imperial portrait.
It was easy enough to miss,
like a South Atlantic island on a world map,
but for a few moments, gaze.
The first splintered brush strokes appear.
Imperfection is not a sin, not even a miscalculation by itself, but underneath the first instance,
you wonder if there are enough to lose the next battle and ship
the man to St. Helena.

07/12/2011

Author's Note: About a former boss of mine.

Posted on 07/13/2011
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