FALL OF ROME 410 AD

The hairy stinking ones,
first of their family
marched past the marble halls.

They looked right and left
amazed and awed
at their new possessions.

How could stones grow so tall
like trees?

The citizens of the city
shyly peeked from behind the doors
and shuttered windows.

When will the rapes begin
was the question in their eyes.

The leader stood in the middle
of a broad avenue.
He raised his sword and released 
a bellow yell that echoed off
of the priceless sculptured walls.

"Come look, you weaklings,
I am your new emperor."

He laughed and called
for a wine swollen animal skin
to drink to a new age.