Should one of your dreams
drift back to a moment
When your Lion lay down at your beside
purring and rippling with strength
When you sighed,
as senoritas sometimes do,
And imagined the oasis as norm
-your summoned as but common:
Wail now,
in the chains,
No longer awaiting
a second
c. 2026 David William Brubeck All Rights Reserved
Note: the period after the betrayal, but before the demise.