How the Mighty Will One Day Fall
I would pay a pretty tuppence
to see his highness get his comeuppance.
His smug assurance, his galling preening.
He’s like a babe in need of weaning,
sucking at the teat of fame.
What other mortal needs his name
written on towers around the world?
He’s Ozymandius, stone lip curled
in cruel splendor, sure in his power
reasserted on every tower.
But remember, as he counts each coup,
how all the mighty have fallen, too.
False knights wear armor prone to tarnish.
His Midas touch will lose its varnish.
We’ll laud the day when he’ll be dumped—
That day when he’ll be over-trumped!
For: https://weeklyprompts.com/2025/02/22/weekly-prompts-the-one-day-prompt-10/
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Brilliant!
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Amen.
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Could it be tomorrow? I’m hoping.
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Good a day as any. The sooner the better.
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Yes – absolutely, what a mess.
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I can’t wait for the day.
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perfecto.
l love all the literary references too and the rhyming is so smart . I agree w you 100 %. this should be published all over the world. Johnathan TOld me that North Dakota has banned librarians… Whasaasst? Ann
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