Atahualpa
(1532)
Sad Atahualpa – who five long years had fought
To wrest the sacred llantos and the golden stool
From Huascar, to rule the Inca-peoples as
Lord-Inca, Emperor-divinity – enjoyed
His hard-won privileges barely half a year
Before perfidious pale Pizzaro, (Tici
Viracocha returned, so Atahualpa
Believed), captured him at Carjamarca – when he
Came, unarmed, to pay homage to his god – and set
A golden ransom on his head. When that vast sum
Was gathered in, it still was not enough to save
His royal life.
What symbol does he illustrate
Of simple ignorance leading to fatal impotence?.
He was an archetype of those who lack sound commonsense!.
