the lesser of two evils (2102)

the lesser of two evils (2102)

Post-apocalyptic ignorance hid their civilized past,

but there remained a trace of this thing called Democracy:

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They all had two days—

one day to hunt and protect,

and another free to choose.

After these sacred days

their new King would be chosen

and a certain peace declared.

The choice was in fact simple

because the numbers were clear

for White53 and his family.

The GreatD promised to eat equally

black, brown, and white babies;

this was his pledge to the land.

The Great R promised to eat only

black and brown babies, the custom,

for he believed in the White traditions.

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Deities, I suppose, or historians and archeologists

far, far in the future may wonder about slumbering babies…