The Conquistador's Beard
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The Conquistador's Beard The virgins were sacrificed For fun and for pleasure. Moctezuma gazed over Tenochtitlan, Blinking at his leisure. 5 The nation was arrayed in The formation of victory; They'd exterminated the strangers, With the exception of two or three Trained in the art of surrender 10 And broken captivity. Their leader's beard was to be used In religious ceremony. The fool who'd tried to conquer The Aztecs was now dead 1 . 15 His body was mutilated, As was Cortez's head. After the defeat none Of his ilk would dare invade. The rumblings of a war-like people 20 Made a throbbing serenade. The Spaniards had come For Glory, God, and Gold; They'd met dishonour, their God, And the decaying mold. 25 The prisoners of doom Had the vengeance of ague. Smallpox to the Aztecs is Like in Europe the black plague. The existence of a nation 30 By smallpox was mended, 1 The fool . . . dead : Cortez
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A twisted take on how Cortez should have been greeted by Moctezuma.An excerpt from my first book, "The Repressed Memories of Iyan Igma."
Transcript of The Conquistador's Beard
The Conquistador's Beard
The virgins were sacrificedFor fun and for pleasure.Moctezuma gazed over Tenochtitlan,Blinking at his leisure.
5 The nation was arrayed inThe formation of victory;They'd exterminated the strangers,With the exception of two or threeTrained in the art of surrender
10 And broken captivity.Their leader's beard was to be usedIn religious ceremony.The fool who'd tried to conquerThe Aztecs was now dead1.
15 His body was mutilated,As was Cortez's head.After the defeat noneOf his ilk would dare invade.The rumblings of a warlike people
20 Made a throbbing serenade.The Spaniards had comeFor Glory, God, and Gold;They'd met dishonour, their God,And the decaying mold.
25 The prisoners of doomHad the vengeance of ague.Smallpox to the Aztecs isLike in Europe the black plague.The existence of a nation
30 By smallpox was mended,
1 The fool . . . dead: Cortez
Just as the worldOn their calendar ended.
From The Repressed Memories of Iyan IgmaCopyleft ~2000 by Iyan IgmaCreative Commons AttributionNoncommercialNo Derivative Works 3.0 United States License
