When it showers the frog shall deign
to regale the world about his reign,
his justice and wisdom without equal—
and once he’s croaked, without sequel.

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M. Benjamin Thorne is an Associate Professor of Modern European History at Wingate University. Possessed of a lifelong love of history and poetry, he is interested in exploring the synergy between the two. His poems appear or are forthcoming in Sky Island Journal, Cathexis Northwest, Griffel, The Westchester Review, Witcraft, Feral, and Gyroscope Review. He lives and sometimes sleeps in Charlotte, North Carolina.