rex

governors govern/presidents preside/representatives represent/but kings rule

for some it is a good gig/what with the scepter and ceremonies/the command performances the hobnobbing with bigshots/with the king the biggest shot of all

paradise for a megalomaniac and a drama queen

but the implied hierarchy is unsettling to some/and the acquisitive urge of royals/leads to the greedy want of more and more

which leads to some getting less and less

and competition amongst monarchs/leads to war

and though henry v himself fought in agincourt/rare is the king who takes arms himself

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we seem to love leaderboards/to know who’s on top/and if you speculate that such number-one-ing and top-tenning/might be inherently unhealthy

the mob might call you a commie

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some kings live prosperous long lives/some are booted out or regicide while still children

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mother earth does not care