Timon of Athens' Tombstone

by Brett Rutherford

     From the Greek Anthology

My name? My country?

None of your business!

Before you know it,

you too shall be dead.

Serves you right.

An Easy Choice

 by Brett Rutherford

     from Callimachus Epigram V

“Hey, Timon, thou spout of spite,
which do you hate more: the Light
of Day, or the Darkness?”

                                         “Darkness,”
the dour one replied, “For there are more
of your kind where the sun never shines.”