Day 14

The Ides of July

From the Oscan* eiduis

Only March, May,

July and October

Have true Ides

That is, falling

On the fifteenth

Julius Ceasar’s

Fateful infamous Ides’ date

But every month

Has Ides near the middle

Of the month

*Oscan is a term used to describe both an extinct language of southern Italy and the language group to which it belonged. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscan)