Oligarchy
The chill is on the mountain. Its height seems insurmountable.
Tenebrous and unpassable, its obstacles uncountable.
And though failure is eminent, still we’ll do our best.
Deal with problems as they come. This is no time to rest.
Lend your hand for brothers struggling with the task.
Don’t settle for what’s easy and give them what they ask.
The dangers in just turning your back to the ordeal
is that the villains at the top will plot and cheat and steal
your conscience and your water, your air and liberty
until they’ve taken everything they can from you and me
and view the ruins of what they own, from sea to shining sea.
Prompt words today are tenebrous, chill, insurmountable, eminent and rest.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Brilliant use of the prompts ! The message is thought provoking.
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Thanks, Sadje. The prompt words just seemed to want to come together in that order.
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That happens sometimes. 👍😉
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You’ve certainly produced something chilling
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How one stupid man could rise to a place where he could affect the well-being of the entire world is absolutely astounding. Yet it seems to happen again and again. None so stupid as this one, however. Scoundrels, but a stupid scoundrel is the most dangerous of all.
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Indeed
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