The Paper King
Paper stretches eye to eye
Paper people paper trees
White as dwarves and thin as paper words
Ruler of this paper world
A literate and a learned king
He the only pencil holds and wields
Write another paper rule
Write another constitution
Write another history
Write another me
All the peasants, all the lords
Held the words in great esteem
Everybody knew the king was just
Every paper person read
Noble deeds and noble laws
From the castle orders came and went
Write another paper rule
Write another constitution
Write another history
Write another me
Burn the rot the orders said
Burn the cardboard hermit men
Burn the old and build a better world
Burn the tissue paper birds
Burn all houses facing west
People set to burn as they were bid
Infernal catastrophe!
Storms of flame consumed the world
Every beast and every person fled
In the castle still it wrote
On the body of the king
Frantic pencil, terrified alive
Dancing like a hurricane
Frenzied like a revolution
Writing chaos in a torrent
Writing all alone
Mad as any paper king
Sane as any revolution
Never reading, never stopping
Writing every day
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