boëthius was going
to reconcile
faith and reason
conjungere rationem
fidemque
they tightened
a rope around
his head
until his eyes
bulged out
and clubbed him
to death
but from 'the consolation
of philosophy'
we get the prayer
let me accept the things
i cannot change
and the courage
to change the things i can
and the wisdom to know
the difference
i can't tell
i know i never will
boëthius is
the moon half risen
i see tonight
wrapped in
sheet of fine linen
or paper that
dissolves in water
+
for Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius
c. 480–524 or 525 AD
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