Large Fierce Mammal

One Eyed Man by MiveRastSmidge9966-0 (Jose)

Having left you last night with a cautionary carol, I feel it only proper you be greeted this evening with an equally and more Hobbesian one.

The Golden Rule

By LFM

Advice comes down from years agone to suit each come what may,
Some is tried and tested, but the rest more nay than yea.
The former kind reveals itself to questing, thinking mind,
The latter from the one-eyed king who rules the Land of Blind.

That kingdom has no army, and no maps were ever made.
No notion has its citizens of how the land is laid,
And everything they need, or want, or wish to know about
Is begged for from their one-eyed king, the one with all the clout.

The Royal Laws sound simple, clear, and even quite benign,
As befits the blind obedience required to toe the line,
Like things to never say or do on given month or day,
Gifts you must not ever give, and games you mustn’t play.

Cures to never make or use no matter past success,
And places you must be, or not, ignoring your distress.
Foods you mustn’t ever eat, and drinks to never drink,
Words to never speak or write, and thoughts to never think.

Every want and need is served, exclusive of travail,
To those deemed “law abiding”, and there’s no such thing as jail,
For any misbegotten few who’re found to be of mind
Soon grope for food and water that’s bestowed, but hard to find.