Joachim Beuckelaer, 1560 via Magpie Tales
Incipient feast before our eyes,
Ignorant of the scandalmongers afar
of whom, it is said, do spread the truth
Anesthetized by full bellies, flushed loins
Citizen ears deafened by lust, greed, anger,
Blindly we face murderers in the bedroom
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