et tu, brutus?
et tu? et tu?
like the pillars above us
high and holding up the sky
like the flowing stream that can’t stop
coming back
and your robs against the water
Julius Caesar is in the main hall
he is holding a knife up high
in prophecy
and

brutus. what will you do?
you know that
augustus
will chase after you
like he the dying sun
you the sprawling horizon
and you are shooting for him
or is he shooting for you?
et tu? brutus?

he dies with his head held up high.
he dies with it raised to the sky.
he dies with you, the horizon
and augustus, aiming towards it.