if you’re wealthy enough
you won’t have to sit
in the sweaty sun of
the coliseum any more
the steamy gladiators,
pleading virgins,
screaming bleeding infants,
plane crashes,
burning monks,
celebrity heretics at the stake
can be beamed directly
to your home so you won’t
miss one minute of the action.
just get comfortable on your
couch (next to the refrigerator)
pop open a cold-one &
witness the holocaust with
full quadraphonic sound &
through blazing red
rubies, just like
the old money used to
do.