ABSURDITY
Behold the emperor who all revere.
He walks around naked, as his followers cheer,
With every lie he utters they nod and believe,
The idiocy of it all - they fail to perceive!
Watch him as he stands up so bold and bare,
All grades are a sham, but who would care?
For with confidence, he struts along with pride,
As his presence commands attention far and wide!
In this ludicrous era where logic is defied,
Science is but a joke, and reason is cast aside.
Gravity? What’s that? when the emperor can fly,
With invisible wings, in the bright blue sky.
The cats and dogs hover – oh yes, they can -
For he says so, waving the rainbow as a fan!
Denying gravity, they navigate around with grace,
The clouds form their streets, in this insane space.
Donkeys fly around in a sky that is not blue,
Their skin so multicoloured – a vibrant hue,
Fish swim in the air, and birds live under the sea,
In this topsy - turvy world, where absurdity runs free!
In the emperor’s world, reason has no sway,
The ‘laws of nature’, defined by him, are here to stay!
In every twist and turn, inanity is in sight,
In this carnival of chaos, surreal delights ignite!
Oh, clap your hands as the emperor looks grand,
Strutting as the symbol of wisdom in every land!
All his followers worship him with blind devotion,
Believing the preposterous, sunk in their delusion.
So let us all carousal in this circuit of deceit.
Where truth and reason sleep in the backseat.
In this realm of mockery, fools are crowned -
And the emperor reigns all naked and renowned!
For there is no honest little boy who would scream,
“The emperor is naked; this is real, not a dream!”
Copyright © 2023 by Crystal David John
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