Kiss the Ring

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‘Satire is traditionally the weapon of the powerless against the powerful.’ – Molly Ivins don’t believe the many bots dripping fermented honey extolling the clown’s virtues Gaza graveyards bid sunny an emperor without clothing dressed in naked ignorance his vitriolic poison spewed golden statues at the entrance undercurrents of the morally corrupt tables laid in great halls of fame the silver gleams; imitations on the walls of imagined ancestors – all the same guests dressed in penguin suits the matching red ties like the blood of their foe in some computer game a victory claimed, I never understood kiss the ring of the king as he howls the laughter echoes in the beggar’s bowl

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