Poems of the Week

Boom and Bust

by Alex Steelsmith

“An ancient Roman bust… missing for decades,” bought “from a Texas Goodwill for under $40”
is “believed to depict Roman commander Drusus Germanicus.”
USA Today

Prominent, dominant
Drusus Germanicus
once ordered legions to
conquer new lands

far from the shores of the
Mediterranean.
Now forty dollars is
all he commands.