Bare Castle

 BARE CASTLE

We burned all the rugs today.

            They just got in the way.

Someone tried to trip the Emperor with one.

            Perhaps they just thought it was fun.

Or perhaps it was something more dire.

            So we build a bonfire

                        And we burned them all,

Lest the Emperor trip and fall.

            Then, for good measure,

                        And the Emperor's pleasure,

We burned every curtain.

            We had to make certain

None of them could strangle,

            Or even entangle,

The Emperor as he walked in the hall

            And cause him to fall.

Now the Emperor has no care

            As he walks in the hall,

Though the castle is dreadfully bare.