Martial art

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I came across this in a disintegrating copy of Martial’s epigrams, translated by James Michie, who makes it out to be:

You’re an informer and a tool of slander

And a notorious swindler and a pander

And a cock-sucker and a gangster and a ….

I can’t make out, Vacerra, why you’re poor

I suppose the rap version would be something like

But the charming thing was learning that the original meaning of “negotiator” was “pimp”. Perhaps they read Martial in the White House.