threaten to awaken the masses
to the fact
that
actually
no one
ever
told the emporer he had no clothes
ever
told the emporer he had no clothes
he paraded by the masses
and everyone saw a man duped of the conman
who sold
him on the invisible suit
that he was convinced he was alone in his nakedness
that he was convinced he was alone in his nakedness
underneath the royal cap and gown
hidden away
when he changed outfits
the citizens all pretended that the day had never happened
to keep their very heads
Though they never forgot the emporer's humiliation
and secretly, quietly told jokes
crept into the story tellers tales
the emperorer secretly loved the invisible suit
joked to his queen he wore it to bed every warm night in the summer
content in his smug knowledge that truth was whatever the hell he told his subjects
that he could walk naked among them and convince them he was wearing an invisible suit
He never heard the jokes...
He never heard the jokes...
though two generations later they would lead to the monarchy being cut down
replaced by the sons of the sons of the story tellers who mocked their divine rights
good stuff... hey is this why obama doen't know he has alien ears?
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He has at least that one fault... I hate the way our congress and senate are fighting tooth and nail to stop any reform. There are just enough totally sold out and bought and teathered politicians to destroy the idea of a Democracy. Instead, we become a class system, where royalty is bought with bloody dollars, rather than oaths of alleigence and common cause.
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