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A proud nation …once…
Had made …such progress…
Its accomplishments …wealth …and power…
Others …looked on with amazement…
Leadership …monumental…
For many years …all was good…
As old divisions …festering wounds,
From wars of ages past …persistent scars…
Ripped open, by corruption …and vice…
Brought increasing waves …of doubt…
The lizard king …overcame all resistance
With cheap promises …and hateful speeches…
An evil princes spies, assisting in subversion
To bring about …his cause, to be…
Masterful theatrics …his specialty…
Pulled off …the perfect coup…
Stole the heart …of the nation…
And killed …all hope…
Scoundrels …and n’er=do=wells…
Forming his officers …and crew…
The loyalty oath …above all… determined
Who served his, self proclaimed, majesty…
His entourage …destroyed a fine vessel…
In short order…
Now, a derelict ship…
adrift…
Cast off
….into space
…alone…
Betraying commitments
…by egotistical tirades
losing allies...
by longstanding
promices,
made... vacant
trust, betrayed...
Courting enemies
…with evil alliances
Making shady deals …
Made …in secret…
bringing about
the ruin
of a fine
legacy
A noble nation...
Once …upon a time…
Made solid
by relationships...
and free trade
Long standing trust,
earned, in battle...
marked...
…by sweat and blood…
Living sacrifice
…across many timelines...
lasting, many tides...
through, so long...
difficult times
A
More powerful warship
…was never made…
Foreign powers
have injected
Powerful elixirs
of contractual bribes...
benefitting the coffers
of the unscupulus
tempted, by
thirty...
pieces of gold...
…into
Those...
whose wealth...
Allowed
Abandoning god …and country
For fame …and fortune…
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