“In sooth what troubles thee sire?”

“In sooth this sultry heat of day, taxes my comfort greatly
Would that I were in more northern climes
Rather than attending this infernal coronation
A King indeed! What need have we of a King?”

“Think not of him as a king good friend,but rather as a leader
by example;
A paragon of the new moral order;
Showing others why we need to treat equally all our brethren;
The poor,the hungry,the misguided, even those of a different complexion;
and the sick and the insane.”

“Example indeed, your words sound like insanity; as he expounds one thing and does the opposite in cunning secrecy.
He spends not the revenue collected from his people on his people
But rather amasses hordes of silver,gold and jewels
And once enthroned, he forgets his purpose;and purges his enemies rather than his greed;
And concerns none but himself and retaining power at any cost.
No more paragons I say. No,indeed I am convinced we need to follow the example of those foreign nations who have formed this noble institution they call ‘parlement’,
A bold new idea and solution, so I am told.”

“Well sir, I suppose we could try; but then we would be plagued with ‘politicians’!”

“But surely they cannot be worse than a King!”

11/27/2011

Author's Note: Just something I overheard at a masked party at the Bastille one day.

Posted on 11/27/2011
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