Your oh-so-distaste 
 for Tribunes who incite the popular crowd,  
 what are you protecting Cicero?
 
 Your ballsy support 
 for the latest drone deployment in Thrace, 
 what are you protecting Cicero? 
 
 Your polite way with handlers 
 and a word for the homeless, 
 what are you protecting Cicero? 
 
 Your dream of heroic iambs 
 on the steps of the Capitol,
 what are you protecting Cicero?
 
 Your lavish hosting 
 of dinner parties for the argentarii, 
 what are you protecting Cicero?
 
 Your blood-clean sacrifices 
 in the race for everlasting life,
 what are you protecting Cicero?
 
 Your corpse 
 in a vault with a tag on your toe―too late, 
 what were you protecting Cicero?