out of the light some errant hope may creep to stay harsh fears and keep in stern control those bitter terrors which reign over sleep since we are many miles short of our goal nor can a single one afford the toll for all our efforts we have come up short one of our heads might yet adorn a pole there is no justice in our rulers' court
our sense of history does not go deep nor yet much further than the old school roll for we want all our stories on the cheap and honour is not something we extol we want the stallion but not the foal and find it is so easy to distort the symbols that are written on the scroll there is no justice in our rulers' court
in coming dark we will react like sheep whose bleating the kind butcher must console before he throws each body on the heap or drinks another beer from his large bowl the watcher might just find the whole thing droll or take the scheduled slaughter for good sport did he not see the shepherd on patrol there is no justice in our rulers' court prince you believe your subject has no soul and can say nothing here of great import but without him you cannot soon be whole there is no justice in our rulers' court