King For More Than A Day

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear. - Thoreau

when did it happen

how could it be

'a' and 'b' now come after 'c'

one plus one equals three

who made such an insane decree

please, step right up, come sit on my other trick knee

they make their own puppets

they write their own rules

teaching in their own brass tax, hard-knocks and tough luck schools

hawking counterfeit tickets on their own sinking ship of fools

they say that money is power

i'm stuck whitewashing an ivory tower

relegated to watering a weed that they insist is a flower

Author's Note

"I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board." - Thoreau