Decorum Ate

A poetry competition?
Hey hey! A game!
Like cricket.

"Fore!"

or is that golf?

If I'm to win I'll stick my bat in
and write in latin.
Howzat!

Just like those other guys.
The dead ones, they were good.
Win if wan ted to they could.
They were not averse to a verse
or a prize.

Latin...
don't know it.
Wait, I do!
Scrawls of poems scanned at school,
football mottos, things on coins...
of course!
The perfect source!

"Dulce est decorum et"

That's poetry.
It's all about mud and misery.
Yes!
Good!
Perfect perfect!
Dignified.
A solemn start with heart.
That'll nudge the judges.

Dulce est decorum et.
Ars gratia artis.
Et tu Brute?
Status quo vadis.
Corpus Christi.
Tempus fugit.
Biggus Dickus.
Tardis.

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