at the rubicon

the word is spoken and shall not return
we ask permission now freely to speak
none would allow the session to adjourn

so little time to express due concern
for those required by fortune to be meek
the word is spoken and shall not return

you aren't allowed to cross the final burn
nor see what lies beyond the sunlit peak
none would allow the session to adjourn

nor see just what the dignified would spurn
as subject to the militant critique
the word is spoken and shall not return

what we have left you may not soon discern
it is not in the class of goods you seek
the word is spoken and shall not return
none would allow the session to adjourn