THIS WON’T HURT DID IT?

Dutch courage:
Gravitas of gravity
Knives and royal javelins.

Spitting Devil with
Pantomime poisoning—
Fruity gusto has made him
A ward of the state.

With clueless coldcuts
In retrograde
And skulkers delighting
In chilblains,

The one percenters
Wonder: “Why didn’t any
Of this happen before?”