Worse than Ozymandias

Nothing says fuck you

quite like a castle.

it stands there

daring you

to fuck with it,

to assail

its unassailable heights

,its unreachable ramparts,

but no matter

how many castellani

you manage to kill,

the castle remains.

And when it’s yours,

your own conquered

fuck you

rising from the earth or the sea

as far into the sky

as any human construction,

you’re trapped in it

until the next barbarian

comes along

,takes it from you,

and locks himself

in its dank

dungeons.

7/21/2020

Naples

 

Castel Sant'Elmo in Naples. Angevin, built around 1275.