Ozymandias

[RiverNotch]

Ozymandias

I laid down in my flower bed
but found nowhere to place my head.
Of course it mattered not,
for I was dead and soon would rot.

it says what it says. it doesn't seem like the kind of piece to dissect any more than emotionally, not if one wants to have any fun -- i take it literally, which feels like a compliment to the poet. the last line feels too obvious, but my opinion on that might change, so for now these neutrally-delivered alternatives:

for soon I'd rot
for I was soon to rot

and so on.