Status Updates From The Tower

anyone else getting the vibe this guy may be traumatized by wwi? i’m thinking this guy may be traumatized by wwi.

“What shall I do with this absurdity –
O heart, O troubled heart – this caricature,
Decrepit age that has been tied to me
As to a dog's tail?”

“A serving man that could divine
That most respected lady's every wish,
Ran and with the garden shears
Clipped an insolent farmer's ears
And brought them in a little covered dish.”