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Ultimatum.

An avarice for sun

And the daydream 

Rent asunder

By an ineluctable geography,

As the realms couldn't mesh

For warriors seasoned

Yet perplexed, still

Murmuring an anthem

That no longer does the trick,

Causing nobody to shapeshift 

Into the needed saviour

Who wouldn't bow down

To the fateful ultimatum...

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Comments

Holden Moncrieff

Fri 14th Feb 2025 13:08

Thank you so much, Ray, I really appreciate it! I didn't have a specific intention in terms of era when I wrote it, but your interpretation could surely apply!😎

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Ray Miller

Fri 14th Feb 2025 09:25

Love the rhymes, the assonance. I just wish I knew what was what - contemporary politics?

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