02-26-2016, 07:01 AM
The Jester
They stood in congregation.
They were hungry to atone.
They watched in consternation.
The King, in a golden throne.
The knights, in uniformed formation,
their souls, bartered long ago.
They observed them with indignation,
and tension began to grow.
A man shouted
“No justice for the wicked!”
the crowd became wildly manic.
They clamored
“The King must be convicted!”
and the King began to panic.
They were thunderous in their unity,
armor began to rattle.
A man shouted, “No more impunity!”
And led them into battle
They charged and ripped the cavalry.
They tied their King to his gold chair.
Out they brought the King’s family,
he watched as they killed his heir.
The King cried at the sight of his kin
staining the floor in bloodshed.
Mortal he stood, with tears on his chin,
and a man screamed “Off with his head!”
But the crowd grew soft at the sound of shackles,
They parted, like Moses’s sea.
A tethered man cried a hideous cackle,
and looked at the King with glee.
“You” said the King,
who began to stagger
from a man who was foolishly dressed.
The Jester smiled, and lifted a dagger,
that he sunk in his old master’s chest.
They stood in congregation.
They were hungry to atone.
They watched in consternation.
The King, in a golden throne.
The knights, in uniformed formation,
their souls, bartered long ago.
They observed them with indignation,
and tension began to grow.
A man shouted
“No justice for the wicked!”
the crowd became wildly manic.
They clamored
“The King must be convicted!”
and the King began to panic.
They were thunderous in their unity,
armor began to rattle.
A man shouted, “No more impunity!”
And led them into battle
They charged and ripped the cavalry.
They tied their King to his gold chair.
Out they brought the King’s family,
he watched as they killed his heir.
The King cried at the sight of his kin
staining the floor in bloodshed.
Mortal he stood, with tears on his chin,
and a man screamed “Off with his head!”
But the crowd grew soft at the sound of shackles,
They parted, like Moses’s sea.
A tethered man cried a hideous cackle,
and looked at the King with glee.
“You” said the King,
who began to stagger
from a man who was foolishly dressed.
The Jester smiled, and lifted a dagger,
that he sunk in his old master’s chest.
