The Fate of Victory
The stone trough
before the pyramid
seems a place for offerings –
maize or cacao,
jade or obsidian.
But our Mayan guide tells us
the winner of the annual
games was beheaded there
as a blood sacrifice to the gods,
that his immediate entry into
heaven was an envied prize.
Our guide is perplexed
that back home, we elected
a president of boundless
greed, certain that this prize
is a nightly visit by the devil.
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