The Tiber is a river that threads through Rome. During a violent storm Cassius challenged Caesar to swim the Tiber. Caesar nearly drowned. This reference is more than geographic. The allusion to its turbulent waters provides a metaphor for social injustice, inequality, and marginalization. The naked, struggling image in the water’s depth is a visual metaphor for vulnerability, our vulnerability, our struggle within the violent storm of subjugation. Email: PLI@nealhallpoet.com We Welcome Comments The Tiber is a river that threads through Rome. During a violent storm Cassius challenged Caesar to swim the Tiber. Caesar nearly drowned. This reference is more than geographic. The allusion to its turbulent waters provides a metaphor for social injustice, inequality, and marginalization. The naked, struggling image in the water’s depth is a visual metaphor for vulnerability, our vulnerability, our struggle within the violent storm of subjugation. Email: PLI@nealhallpoet.com We Welcome Comments