Manchester, 26th July 2016
In honour of the Roman Wall at Manchester’s Castlefield I wrote this brief little ditty.
Pulled it out of the leaves of Notebook 1 so I can share it with you all
(Artwork created by me – using Corel Painter)
Ave! My friend.
and welcome!, sit down.
rest, as you enter this garrison town.
…
You have reached Mamucium
or “Castle-in-the-field”
it’s a place, where we Romans
don’t often yield.
We fight with the Pilum
and fight with the sword
defending our lands
from the blue pictish hordes
We have a great legion
five hundred men strong
to service the need of
the wall, that’s quite long
And we’ll go off to Deva
to have fun for the night
arriving to watch
the gladiators fight.
