Years after leaving power,
The Monster finally dies
and people cheer the news
like justice.
And I
Cannot understand
How the end of experience
Delivers justice.
Or,
I do,
but only with
the Devil's help.
For all the
suffering
the Monster wrought
may the Devil
take his hide
and mete out to him
what he delivered.
This is the hope
upon the Monster's
passing.
Without the Devil,
death is an escape
and so
I see no justice there.
Milosz said
monsters do better
with a rope
and a bowed branch,
and the Devil
never gave the wronged
a damn thing.
Leave not to the Hell
The work of earth.