The Ides of March

“Beware the ides of March,” ‘twas said;
And Julius Caesar soon was dead.
The soothsayer made that prediction –
Fact was woven into fiction.

Romans didn’t fear the ides.
It meant the middle, which divides
The second half from the beginning –
Switching sides within each inning.

Yet Shakespeare made us all quite wary;
Thus, the ides of March got scary.
Who knows what may thus befall us?
Death may choose today to call us.

Most won’t give it any thought –
Better than to be distraught;
Still, for those who do not care,
Here is some advice – beware!