Tuesday, September 30, 2025

A Hard Choice

 A HARD CHOICE

The Emperor lectured his knights.

            They were all battle scarred

                        And had fought very hard

Against foes in all foreign lands.

But the Emperor said

            The real foes were here,

Right here in our own homeland.

"The serfs don't like me," the Emperor said,

            "They want to chop off my head.

So I want you all now to all leave this hall

            And go out and chop off their heads."

The knights listened as the Emperor raved on,

            They listened to his monotone voice

                        As he spewed hatred and bile,

                                    And all the while,

They knew they must make a hard choice.

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