I might find it amusing

I might find it amusing
to watch Rome fall
Ii I was a Toltec
or a visitor from Mars.
I’d smile at every
shout of greatness
as they tarry off
to hell, but then
the iter carries me
and I can only weep
for once was great society
rambunctious in their words
turned sycophant and unctuous
to dictatorial – worst
instincts on display.
The coming of the dawn
will not show us at our best
but only what could have been
mankind you bomb again.