The walls of my castle

peasants crawl within the walls of my castle they don’t know that i watch them they don’t know anything at all

their garments lack all color their bare eyes lack all color

but the true sad folk sit around my dinner table the true sad folk know even less than the poor

only those who walk with hunched backs only those who have absolutely nothing at all

have the dream of one day shouting

“The king is dead!”

Michael Lottner

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