SNAPSONG 270

Toto, o se bi owe. Proverbially speaking (1)

We have been large, so large for too long

Time to be small and great again

A self-set blaze consumes our roof

But we have no time for little arsons

What happens when the people

Gift the throne to a king

Who makes little dolls

Out of them and their children’s children

What happens when a country

Reels from the choke

Of a tyranny foretold

From tower tops to marketplaces

What happens when a people

Walk into an open trap

Blindfolded by a farce conceived in chaos

How did this tragedy unfold in a land of vigorous laughter?

‘We have too much Science in our land’.

Croaked the King of shallow aspects

‘Yes, time for the Great Unknowing,

Beautiful and absolutely tremendous!

How can a people think they are at their tallest

When they bow in passive silence

What nation can ever grow its best

When buried in abject obedience?

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