Capitulation (IP)

Aunty Equity sold our stories,
Lost in the myths of time,
Snakes in grass.

'Bring me that asp', said Cleopatra.
I am compelled to learn
poison's work.

One queen down, the manager cares not.
'Hamlet, theatre tonight?',
Quoth Aunty.

Macbeth, on a technicality,
Retires from play, regrets
His poor score.

Faust, re-mortgaged, a negative soul,
Beats Dorian black and
Blue, not Grey.

Dorian, now red-faced, paints pictures of shame
Scuttles back on the pitch
One more time.

Aunty Equity's team will not win;
The rule of catharsis
Soul and sin.

Aunty Equity's team will cash in
Don Draper gave vision,
(Not sight though).

Man of the match, Rambo, feeds Potter
Who flies past the green knight
For the win.

The crowds bay at shadows, miss the sleight
Return of last year's tired
Capitulation.