Lily's Friday Prediction

Interesting ones this week, they seem to hark back to darker times rather than predicting the future:

• Lupercalia
  (Pagan Roman fertility festival held on 15th Feb)
• Despise
• Oligarchy
  (Government of the many by the few, often by a family group or single dynasty)

I'm quite inspired to write 100 words myself, but let me have yours - flash fiction or predictions. And we'll see what happens...