Noble

I endeavored to fight a mad man 

with others of hesitant hearts 

and one with coward’s tongue 

Neither fury nor fire 

nor blows nor rack 

could beat or burn 

names from my bleeding lips 

We each have a point 

where torture talks 

so I hung mine 

before my broken bones betrayed us 

April 1, 2019

Epicharis: freedwoman who was part of a failed revolt against Roman Emperor Nero; after days of torture she hung herself on her sedan chair while being carried to continued torture (her arms and legs were already broken, she used her girdle as a noose) - she ended her life before risking betraying her co-conspirators (and herself).

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