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Some may never handle the gold promises that lay on the top of their head. It will change the way you are built all the way to your DNA. It will shape and twist your mind until there is no right way up. Some think that there is no way to stop the crown, But they are wrong. Only the pure of heart and a soul with kindness may carry. But beware the masquerade, For all gold looks the same on a saint, As it does on a monster. But the crown becomes to much, The pressure pulling you down, All the way, Till their head explodes, With the bullets of the people.
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May 19
May 19, 2026 at 11:28 AM UTC
Crowns Weigh Heavy on the Unfit
The crown that one wears is only as powerful as its subjects allow A king only as strong as his army A queen only as impactful as the people that listen So what happens when everyone stops The people stop listening The army becomes no more The subjects stop allowing the power to blaze on So let's crush all the crowns **** all the kings burn all the queen until the kingdom is in pieces and the monarchy is flames
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Apr 17
Apr 17, 2026 at 11:53 AM UTC
The monarchies power
A country with monarchy Means you are no citizen, Merely but a subject. This fact you may try to reject, Saying this & that About statues & such What limit royalties' powers. Yet, I protest; The influence granted Over every facet of society Is not something which can be limited Through official legal means, And rarely otherwise. Things which pass through inheritance, Things which pass through all types of channels, Assets physical & otherwise - Attributes rightly & not rightly earned. And in weaker times Or moments of crisis, How easily any power limited Can swiftly be regained. And holding a royal position, How easily these may be manufactured - Crash, clash, **** By economics, by warfare, by afflictions. Sometimes it's doing everything, Sometimes it means not doing anything. Orders are different, As by the Order(s) who has given. Where, when, checks & balances become insufficient. In democracy proper, We are free. We are the people Whom celebrate liberty. Yet, our freedom Is always at stake. For in the same merit, One has the liberty to take Where & when that society is not properly regulated Or is otherwise poorly protected & guarded. Where likewise the law is no meadow, In the democratic We must all tend to the garden - Lest all be overgrown & lost, As El Dorado. One tale ends Where another's tail begins. In that, It's sink with ¹Atlantis Or learn to swim. Only give up the ******** ways of superstition Or be prepared for to be nothing. Where, when, checks & balances are insufficient.
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Jul 26, 2025
Jul 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM UTC
Paradise Lost; Treasured Islands Of Bias
A country with monarchy Means you are no citizen, Merely but a subject. This fact you may try to reject, Saying this & that About statues & such What limit royalties' powers. Yet, I protest; The influence granted Over every facet of society Is not something which can be limited Through official legal means, And rarely otherwise. Things which pass through inheritance, Things which pass through all types of channels, Assets physical & otherwise - Attributes rightly & not rightly earned. And in weaker times Or moments of crisis, How easily any power limited Can swiftly be regained. And holding a royal position, How easily these may be manufactured - Crash, clash, **** By economics, by warfare, by afflictions. Sometimes it's doing everything, Sometimes it means not doing anything. Orders are different, As by the Order(s) who has given. Where, when, checks & balances become insufficient. In democracy proper, We are free. We are the people Whom celebrate liberty. Yet, our freedom Is always at stake. For in the same merit, One has the liberty to take Where & when that society is not properly regulated Or is otherwise poorly protected & guarded. Where likewise the law is no meadow, In the democratic We must all tend to the garden - Lest all be overgrown & lost, As El Dorado. One tale ends Where another's tail begins. In that, It's sink with ¹Atlantis Or learn to swim. Only give up the ******** ways of superstition Or be prepared for to be nothing. Where, when, checks & balances are insufficient.
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Tap, pause; tap, pause; tap, pause. A lonely sound which echoes round an ancient hall. And to its beat In single file emerge a King, as well the Princess Royal, My lords of York and then of Sussex; peers of the realm, all duty bound To take their places, which by ceremoniously doing thus evinces Such enduring continuity when its viewed - that vigil of the princes. The Royal Standard drapes the coffin There in which the late Queen lies Lions, rampart, passant guardant, And the harp of Ireland, blue; Scarlet, yellow, such bright colours; Jewelled the crown which sits there too. And in the coffin ‘neath that glory Lies our Queen now stiff, now cold. Three score years and ten her story, Three score years and ten which queue From Southwark Park to Lambeth Bridge, Just once more their Queen to view. Just once more their Queen to view, Patient, waiting through the night. All walks of life to whisper through This hall built by the Conqueror’s son. Mute might it stand yet shout so loud Of Britain’s past and of its history proud. Tap, pause; tap, pause; tap, pause. A lonely sound which echoes round the ancient hall. And to its beat In single file emerge a King, as well the Princess Royal, My lords of York and then of Sussex; peers of the realm, all duty bound To take their places, which by ceremoniously doing thus evinces That enduring continuity when its viewed - the vigil of the princes.
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Jul 20, 2025
Jul 20, 2025 at 6:16 PM UTC
Monarchy
So the freaks who have more alienated themselves, And as consequence us all, As though they are royalty Slander the name of all of Europe; It's nobility & law, It's cultures & histories? Asia and the Africas, Even those of this same continent? Where do you hope to go, creatures? For when, not now if, You craft for yourself a throne, We shall pin you to it And make ourselves a new monument. There, on the banks of reflection, You will hear our rally call; Then you shall fall. Ad tyrannos calcamus!
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Feb 24, 2025
Feb 24, 2025 at 11:48 AM UTC
In Such Themes As Vindication
Bow to the aspirant? Be defiant! Quite the to-do of the ado hoo-ha. Shan't you have forgot, The place you have come up Is and forever will be democratic. If Kings are making a comeback, Kneel. Give me the crown Or I will pick it out of the gutters: I will pick it off your corpse. If there's pitch to be made, Prepare for the tar & feathers. Prepare for the pikes & pitchforks, For the oil & torch. Blockade your birdges, flood your moats, Ready the given defenses! If Kings are making a comeback, I will **** you with pen And put you to death by the sword. We will march your head around After we've torn it off. We will parade your silly decrees about After we've ripped them apart. We will drag your body through town After we've murdered you. There we'll leave you In some famous roundabout, For the crows to feast; For the animals to pick you clean. They will say of you, "Now he's only skull & crossbones! I had thought him a royal But he burned & boiled - Screamed & soiled, Just the same as I would!" Sins of the father, eh? I only hope you didn't ***** your family With your crimes & repulsiveness. Submit to the giant? Slay the tyrant!
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Feb 24, 2025
Feb 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM UTC
Kiss The Ring? **** The King.
Queen "Are not lashes, lashes still, the blood spill, One in single tyrant's name, other more? Those ten thousand's tyrants still, men or not." Madman "No," said madman, "one's justice, other's whim, Either all are free or none really is, In People's name, We all are Free By Laws." Queen "That's just another name of all hope lost." Madman "Still as People decreed, by People's Will" Queen "If ten thousand rule, you are despots all." Madman "No, If each one have say, then We're Slaves Not." Queen "Will you raise gallows till all are headless" Madman "Only till all of their hearts are spotless" Queen "To me that rings like howls of a mad crowd" Madman "They're sounds of chains ripped, crowns melted, bones ground" Queen "If ruled that way, city will surely rot. You'll leave only graveyards" queen marked. Madman "Then, Rot shall be Tried under People's Laws, What wonderful graveyards those will be" Queen "You are a pack of wet cats" Queen sighed. Madman "Watered by you, drawstrings drawn" he agreed. Queen "Your truth's so exact, they're means of unjust. Yours sure are not laws, they are merely dust." Madman "If so They are For Us, By Us, To Us." Queen "Gods, you will devour us, till the last one." Madman "Like the oncoming storm, we'll quarter them. Give me the right, you say, the laws and swords. I will keep you safe till the storm has passed. Then service becomes rule, rule tyranny, Till lovingly yoke's fastened to our necks" Queen "What is this I hear, what's this horrid song?" Madman "A song of revolt, of rebellion! Harsh, unforgiving, oh so glorious. Just like the warm wine running through my veins. You think us outnumbered? How many there, of us and how many yours? Oh tyrants!   And for the lashes struck at our back, Every last one will be called to account if gallows must be raised for cobblers and kings and devils and angels alike," With voice like flint, madman said "so be it."
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Feb 6, 2025
Feb 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM UTC
The Queen and the Madman
Queen "Are not lashes, lashes still, the blood spill, One in single tyrant's name, other more? Those ten thousand's tyrants still, men or not." Madman "No," said madman, "one's justice, other's whim, Either all are free or none really is, In People's name, We all are Free By Laws." Queen "That's just another name of all hope lost." Madman "Still as People decreed, by People's Will" Queen "If ten thousand rule, you are despots all." Madman "No, If each one have say, then We're Slaves Not." Queen "Will you raise gallows till all are headless" Madman "Only till all of their hearts are spotless" Queen "To me that rings like howls of a mad crowd" Madman "They're sounds of chains ripped, crowns melted, bones ground" Queen "If ruled that way, city will surely rot. You'll leave only graveyards" queen marked. Madman "Then, Rot shall be Tried under People's Laws, What wonderful graveyards those will be" Queen "You are a pack of wet cats" Queen sighed. Madman "Watered by you, drawstrings drawn" he agreed. Queen "Your truth's so exact, they're means of unjust. Yours sure are not laws, they are merely dust." Madman "If so They are For Us, By Us, To Us." Queen "Gods, you will devour us, till the last one." Madman "Like the oncoming storm, we'll quarter them. Give me the right, you say, the laws and swords. I will keep you safe till the storm has passed. Then service becomes rule, rule tyranny, Till lovingly yoke's fastened to our necks" Queen "What is this I hear, what's this horrid song?" Madman "A song of revolt, of rebellion! Harsh, unforgiving, oh so glorious. Just like the warm wine running through my veins. You think us outnumbered? How many there, of us and how many yours? Oh tyrants!   And for the lashes struck at our back, Every last one will be called to account if gallows must be raised for cobblers and kings and devils and angels alike," With voice like flint, madman said "so be it."
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Clearing ivy, pulling up handfuls of choking bindweed, uncovering delicate wildflowers in neglected garden corners, and there’s this tiny bird lying in the dirt. Feathers sparkle pretty and golden, as fairytale light falls through parted vines. Surely dead, but then - like Snow White surfacing from magic apple-induced dormancy - the bird moves, woken by the kiss of sunlight and being witnessed, and seems to breathe. A gloved finger’s exploratory, leathery **** a moment to realise, then disgust, sharp recoil. A wing lifts; gleaming feathers parting reveal the crawling mechanics inside, the writhing, parasitic mess behind the sick illusion, the briefly faked miracle of something like life. Away over a fence, Union bunting ***** erratic and jarring in a neighbour’s garden. In a stuffy town hall, the town band is practising God Save The Queen, but still can’t keep time. Our betters wave to us from high palace balconies and golden coaches, and we cheer them for it. There’s such hunger, such pain and desperation out there, you can feel it, if you forget to stop yourself. There’s so much tragedy and injustice, you have to go numb or go crazy. There’s no future we can see, and the past has been rewritten to reflect the views of focus groups, fascists and fantasists. And there’s a bird lying in the dirt, garlanded by fragrant petals, feathers flashing like jewels, so dead it looks like it’s breathing.
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Jun 3, 2022
Jun 3, 2022 at 7:31 AM UTC
The Order Of Things
To dance through the negotiations of gods and men, To pull the strings tighter than the strings of your dress. Adrift from hand to hand, with fingertips soft as leather and a head as empty as the city, you delicately play your hand. God has woven your souls, or so the legend is told. But somehow I find you four years later With another man, and a country to rule.
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Apr 1, 2019
Apr 1, 2019 at 9:53 AM UTC
A Study Of Female Politics
i built an empire on my back and it grew like a staircase up my spin. hunched over from the weight, i crawled on my knees until they were scraped and bloodied, my wounds reopening amidst the battle. "victory stands on the back of sacrifice," so i crawl because i am still moving. and when my body breaks under the strain of the new world order i will collapse, but it will not be in vain.
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Oct 30, 2018
Oct 30, 2018 at 3:04 PM UTC
monarchies
Three nobles were fleeing after the monarchy had been overthrown Three non-polar amino acids were trying to get away from the polar gel they were on They were escaping through means of a merchant who dealt with the black market He gave priority to those who paid a heftier sum The amino acids were aided by a non-polar liquid solution The more non-polar the amino acid the higher up the solution could get them But alas! For the merchant lacked the resources to get the nobles out of danger The amino acids all eventually reached the top of the gel sheet But they would need extra aid to go over the top And that is my science class
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Sep 18, 2018
Sep 18, 2018 at 3:59 PM UTC
From TLC lab to Story Time
What are kings, if not selfish cruel creatures, thrones built of sacrifices, the blind lambs of faith. Their misdeeds, their whims being the guiding path. Will, paving the concrete path of others. But, though brow beaten, the knight cries. "To what shalt we be if not without the guidance of kings, kissed by the angels of the holy, blessed beneath the stars? What of the olive branch they provide? Of the prospering and the peasantry." Oh, how they cry within their armoured shells, suffocating under their oaths. Unspoken promises to their god, their king,
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Jun 26, 2018
Jun 26, 2018 at 4:45 PM UTC
Kings,
Dumb Streets stroll along with brains of blitz to an evening ritual of bathing with blood where young smiles melt away and tears dry out, guilty die and so do the ones who dare to doubt, audience calls it the crowned fool’s supper but our fool names it ‘Blooming of the Juniper’. Dumb Streets poke their pride with ***** knives, scoop their brains out for the queen of beehives and surrender their soul for a single penny which leads them to a war-zone surrounded by jinni. The poor souls mustn’t retreat to the fool, who’d treat them as his supper or a war-tool. Dumb Streets fed-up, riot with sullen spirits, they burn bridges and **** the fool’s puppets. The supper gets heavy as the days go by, our fool feasts on rioters who’ve sworn to die. Soon the puppets disappear into thin air and leave the palace for rioters to spare. Dumb streets have our fool as their supper, sink their shelters with wine and clutter, but fail to notice uprising of another fool who’d played leader of fish in the pool. Shower mercy O! wise Fool upon your streets, preach the dumb, who wonder what he eats.
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Mar 26, 2018
Mar 26, 2018 at 2:24 PM UTC
DUMB Streets
how can you call yourself a king when you're not even living in a monarchy? how can you call yourself a king when you treat everyone like they're peasants? how can you call yourself a king when your heart is made out of fool's gold? and how can you call yourself a king when you don't even know what it takes to be one?
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Feb 7, 2018
Feb 7, 2018 at 7:47 PM UTC
king
The result of privatization Is a loss too great to bear Government bowing to Industries Leading us towards despair Industries teach our children Whatever whim they choose While government stands in shackles It'll happen while we snooze Gamble with Social Security Until there is nothing left The brokers will have the money While leaving us all bereft Take elderly off of Medicare Give them a voucher instead When the market costs too much Who'll pay for their hospital bed? When people remove a government What will come in its place? The wealthy, the prideful, the arrogant Will take charge of the human race Didn't we fight for our freedom To break from the monarchy? Privatization rules through business For the elite to rule with greed
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Nov 29, 2016
Nov 29, 2016 at 6:31 PM UTC
Privatization
They called us crazy Mocked the crowns upon our heads + the flowers in our hair But they really don't know us They will never care So we continue our Monarchy of Roses To hide from our awful despair Bleeding in wonderful hues We die together in the stars Our lavish deaths will be remembered And we shall wreak havoc from afar.
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Nov 20, 2016
Nov 20, 2016 at 6:40 PM UTC
Monarchy of Roses
You are hidden from view You don’t see me I don’t see you This makes me nervous, You see I know what you have done Through history The wars you’ve caused The blood you’ve shed Down so many streets Rolling heads Armies and power Rows of stones Crosses and flowers Court jesters And child molesters Clowning around Bishops and criers Lingering liars Towers and trials All of the arrogant Baying and praying For a male child ****** horsemen Hunting with hounds We no longer want you Around Sean Hunt May 5 2016
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May 5, 2016
May 5, 2016 at 6:10 PM UTC
An Anti Aristocrat Rant
when we're tired of sleeping, I'll take you from our bed, and if you choose to collapse, the queen will have your head. I'm hoping you'll have the strength to keep from turning red, because red is her color, and I don't want to see you dead. it's only monarchy, why does it eat at me? we've lived this way for years, so why is my stomach turning now? I have not seen the stars in the sky in years. where did they go? when my body's fading, the Angels hold the key. but they've gone from my reach; abandoned me. I'm not the best at speaking, but without you I'd be dead. and I'm not the best at loving, but you're always in my head.
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Feb 8, 2016
Feb 8, 2016 at 2:06 AM UTC
monarchy //
Monarchic Rant Though I was born in Britain I am not a 'Brit' I do not fit in Their houses are so cold Because they are too cheap To turn up the ****** heat I find some of them deceitful, They self-righteously pretend To be serene And peaceful But love to fight All over the world Blasting other beings Into the netherworld Tied to tradition They insist On going against the global grain They weigh in stones And still drive on the wrong ****** side of the road They sing 'God Save The Queen'. God has more common sense He believes the word 'Excellency' A too commonly used currency Slapped, like a hat On the head of a simple aristocrat God save the common people Living under too many thumbs Of  pretentious and powerful people, With utterly obscene incomes Sean Hunt  Windermere Dec. 7, 2015
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Dec 7, 2015
Dec 7, 2015 at 9:04 AM UTC
Monarchic Rant
Golden crown Dancing gowns Swirling dresses Are shimmering Orchestra makes the sound Watch the glass ball glimmering Angels on the plastered wall Painted in your preference Perfect people prancing perfectly While the poor are starving Ruling class Never lasts Ages will not remember them Years to come What they run from Is the truth Monarchy Stupidity Docility of the masses Enslave the brave Make them kiss the brasses Big fat ***** In the military And brainwash all of the children Wealthy woman Gleaming gems Exist in popular circles Hasn’t changed much since then But in the end The money made monarchy Will get what it deserves
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May 27, 2015
May 27, 2015 at 8:27 AM UTC
Dancing Fools
she ruled kingdoms three the land were prisoners roam free she spent her time staring at walls making worlds which would never fall the chieftain came in and bowed at her feet 'My Queen,the enemy has left us no option - surrender or retreat.' Aghast,bewildered and tensed she paced the court 'Oh dear! did they sink our boat?' 'Your majesty, will you please tell how to act in such a situation?' 'You fool! how am I supposed to answer when I am the Queen of Procrastination!'
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Dec 8, 2014
Dec 8, 2014 at 10:03 AM UTC
Queen of Procrastination