Saturday, May 24, 2025

King Agalmaton's Untimely Death

 

And thus, the king was dead

and though he had no foe

not someone to dislike him

so much to pull a bow


He only had one enemy:

unbridled curiosity,

searching for hidden treasures

in temples eons closed


Despite amounts of wisdom

one riddle he got wrong:

Are witches made of wood?

And do they also float?


So ancient traps unlocked

a mechanism so bold

as to unleash an arrow

through kingses' brain marrow


But it was way too dark

and he forgot to duck

 

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